white horse paradox See KUNG-SUN LUNG TZU.

wide content See PHILOSOPHY OF MIND.

wide reflective equilibrium See REFLECTIVE EQUI -. LIBRIU.

will See VOLITION.

will, general See ROUSSEAU.

will, weakness of See AKRASIA.

Wille See KANT.

William Ockham See OCKHAM.

William of Alnwick (d. 1333), English Franciscan theologian. William studied under Duns Scotus...

William of Auvergne (c.1190–1249), French philosopher who was born in Aurillac, taught at...

William of Auxerre (c.1140–1231), French theologian and renowned teacher of grammar, arts, and...

William of Heytesbury See HEYTESBURY.

William of Moerbeke (c.1215–1286), French scholar who was the most important thirteenthcentury translator...

William of Sherwood See SHERWOOD.

Williams Bernard (b.1929), English philosopher who has made major contributions to...

Willkür See KANT.

will to believe See JAMES.

will to power See NIETZSCHE.

Wilson John Cook (1849–1915), English logician, an Oxford realist. Cook Wilson...

Windelband Wilhelm (1848–1915), German philosopher and originator of Baden neo- Kantianism....

wisdom an understanding of the highest principles of things that functions...

Wodeham Adam de (c. 1295–1358), English Franciscan philosopher-theologian who lectured on...

Wolff Christian (1679–1754), German philosopher and the most powerful advocate for...

Wollaston William (1659–1724), English moralist notorious for arguing that the immorality...

Wollstonecraft Mary (1759–97), English author and feminist whose A Vindication of...

woof See WELL-FORMED FORMULA.

works, justification by See JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH.

worldline See SPACE-TIME.

Wright Chauncey (1830–75), American philosopher and mathematician. He graduated from Harvard...

Wright, G. H. von See VON WRIGHT.