Teaching Officers

Tim Lewens

Reader
Director of Graduate Studies

Research interests: Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, philosophical bioethics

Selected publications

Darwin, Routledge (2006)
'Distinguishing Therapy from Research: A Functional Approach' Journal of Medical Ethics 32 (2006), 424-429
'What is Darwinian Naturalism?' Biology and Philosophy 20 (2005), 901-912
'Realism and the Strong Program' British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 56 (2005), 559-577
Organisms and Artifacts: Design in Nature and Elsewhere, Bradford Books, Life and Mind Series. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (2004)
'What is Genethics?' Journal of Medical Ethics 30 (2004), 326-328
'Prospects for Evolutionary Policy' Philosophy 78 (2003), 483-502
'The Trials of Life: Natural Selection and Random Drift' (with Denis Walsh and André Ariew) Philosophy of Science 69 (2002), 429-446
'Development Aid: On Ontogeny and Ethics' Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 33 (2002), 195-217
'Adaptationism and Engineering' Biology and Philosophy 17 (2002), 1-31
'Sex and Selection: A Reply to Matthen' British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 52 (2001), 589-98