J. Wilson is a contemporary philosopher of biology engaged with questions about the epistemic and cognitive standing of evolutionary theory, particularly natural selection. Their work examines whether Darwinian theory meets standard criteria for scientific explanation and whether it requires philosophical reframing.
Challenged the received view of natural selection as a straightforward empirical theory
Contributed to debates on the logical structure and falsifiability of evolutionary explanations
Examined the cognitive and epistemological foundations of Darwinian theory