John W. N. Watkins

John W. N. Watkins DSC
Watkins in 1985
Born	John William Nevill Watkins (1924-07-31)31 July 1924 Woking, Surrey, England
Died	26 July 1999(1999-07-26) (aged 74) Salcombe, Devon, England
Alma mater	Yale University
Spouse	Micky Roe ​ (m. 1952)​
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy
Institutions	London School of Economics
Academic advisors	Karl Popper
Main interests	Philosophy of science Political science Metaphysics Methodological individualism
Notable ideas	Confirmable and influential metaphysics

John William Nevill Watkins (31 July 1924 – 26 July 1999) was an English philosopher, a professor at the London School of Economics from 1966 until his retirement in 1989 and a prominent proponent of critical rationalism.