Tim Lewens

Tim Lewens (born 29 June 1974) is a British professor in the history and philosophy of biology, medicine, and bioethics at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of Clare College, where he serves as Director of Studies in Philosophy, and he is a member of the academic staff and lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science (HPS). Lewens completed his PhD thesis at the Department of HPS, Cambridge University in 2001 and became a lecturer soon after. He is also a governor at Exeter School, where he was formerly a pupil. From 2009 to 2015, he was a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and served on its Working Party on human bodies in medicine and research. Lewens has published extensively on evolution, with his books 'Organisms and Artifacts: Design in Nature and Elsewhere' (2004) and 'Darwin' (2007) receiving critical acclaim. From 2014 to 2017, he was Deputy Director of Cambridge University's Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. In 2005, he received the Philip Leverhulme Prize in Philosophy, and in 2008, he was awarded the Pilkington Prize for teaching excellence.