Wang Fu-chih (1619–92), Chinese philosopher and innovative Confucian thinker. Wang attacked the...

Wang Yang-ming (1472–1529), Chinese philosopher known for his doctrines of the unity...

want-belief model See INTENTION.

Ward James (1843–1925), English philosopher and psychologist. Influenced by Lotze, Herbart,...

warranted assertability See DEWEY.

Warsaw School See POLISH LOGIC.

wave mechanics See QUANTUM MECHANICS.

wayward causal chain a causal chain, referred to in a proposed causal analysis...

weak law of large numbers See BERNOULLI'S THEO-. REM , PROBABILIT.

weakness of will See AKRASIA.

weak semantic completeness See COMPLETENESS.

weak soundness See SOUNDNESS.

weak supervenience See SUPERVENIENCE.

Weber Max (1864–1920), German social theorist and sociologist. Born in Berlin...

Weber’s law See FECHNER.

wedge argument See SLIPPERY SLOPE ARGUMENT.

Weil Simone (1909–43), French religious philosopher and writer. Born in Paris,...

welfare economics See PHILOSOPHY OF ECONOM -. IC.

welfare liberalism See POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.

well-formed formula a grammatically wellformed sentence or (structured) predicate of an artificial...

well-ordered set See MATHEMATICAL INDUCTION,. SET -THEORETIC PARADOXE.

well ordering See ORDERING.

Weltanschauung See DILTHEY.

Wertrationalität See WEBER.

Westermarck Edward (1862–1939), Finnish anthropologist and philosopher who spent his life...

wff See WELL-FORMED FORMULA.

wheel of rebirth See BUDDHISM, SAMSARA.

Whewell William (1794–1866), English historian, astronomer, and philosopher of science. He...

Whichcote, Benjamin See CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS.

white horse paradox See KUNG-SUN LUNG TZU.