Yen Yuan (1635–1704), Chinese traditionalist and social critic. Like Wang Fu-chih, he...

yin yang, metaphors used in the classical tradition of Chinese philosophy...

Yogacara Buddhism See BUDDHISM.

wu See YU, WU.

worldview See DILTHEY.

Wyclif John (c.1330–84), English theologian and religious reformer. He worked for...

wu wei Chinese philosophical term often translated as 'non-action' and associated with...

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

Xenophanes (c.570–c.475 B.C.), Greek philosopher, a proponent of an idealized conception...

Xenocrates See ACADEMY.

wu-hsing Chinese term meaning 'five phases, processes, or elements'. The five...

Wright, G. H. von See VON WRIGHT.

Wundt Wilhelm Maximilien (1832–1920), German philosopher and psychologist, a founder of...

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

worldline See SPACE-TIME.

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

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

works, justification by See JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH.

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

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

woof See WELL-FORMED FORMULA.

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

Willkür See KANT.

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

William of Sherwood See SHERWOOD.

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

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

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

will to believe See JAMES.

William of Heytesbury See HEYTESBURY.