John Wilkins

The Good Species

John Wilkins

Book Chapter  |  2022

Much of the species problem lies in trying to find necessary and sufficient theoretical criteria for both their explanation and de..

Species: The evolution of the idea

J Wilkins

Book  |  2018

Over time the complex idea of “species” has evolved, yet its meaning is far from resolved. This comprehensive work is a fresh look..

Why Do Believers Believe Silly Things? Costly Signaling and the Function of Denialism

JS Wilkins

Book Chapter  |  2018

People (and not merely religious people) often have beliefs that are widely regarded as silly by the experts or by the general pop..

The reality of species: Real phenomena not theoretical objects

J Wilkins

Book Chapter  |  2017

Many scientists and philosophers have said something like “species are the units of evolution” or “the units of biodiversity”; it ..

Drawing the tree of life

John S Wilkins

Journal article  |  2016  |  Metascience

Gods Above: Naturalizing Religion in Terms of our Shared Ape Social Dominance Behavior

John S Wilkins

Journal article  |  2015  |  SOPHIA

To naturalize religion, we must identify what religion is, and what aspects of it we are trying to explain. In this paper, religio..

Crossing the milvian bridge: When do evolutionary explanations of belief debunk belief?

PE Griffiths, JS Wilkins

Book Chapter  |  2015

Is Religion or Science Debunked by the Evolution of Cognitive Faculties?

J WILKINS

Book Chapter  |  2015

Philosophy of Biology, by Godfrey-Smith, Peter: Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014, pp. ix 187, US$29.95 (hardback).

JS Wilkins

Journal article  |  2014  |  Australasian Journal of Philosophy

Replication and Reproduction

J WILKINS, DL Hull

Reference Work  |  2014