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Werkmeister, William Henry: 



1940: A philosophy of science (576 p., New York; Isis 33, 144). 



1948: The basis and structure of knowledge (462 p., New York; Isis 42, 68). 



The author is a professor of philosophy. 



Westaway, Frederic William: 



1912: Scientific method, its philosophical basis and its modes of application 

 (London, later editions 1919; Isis 4, 119-22; 1924, 1931; 1937, Isis 28, 579). 



1920: Science and theology, their common aims and methods (350 p., London; 

 Isis 4, 119-22; new ed., 1932). 



1942: Science in the dock: guilty or not guilty? (143 p., London). 



The author was formerly an inspector of Enghsh schools. 



Weyl, Hermann: 



1932: The open world, three lectures on the metaphysical imphcations of science 

 (88 p.. New Haven; Isis 23, 281-84). 



1934: Mind and nature (106 p., Philadelphia; Isis 23, 281). 



1949: Philosophy of mathematics and natural science (320 p., Princeton; Isis 41, 



236-37). 



Whitehead, Alfred North (1861-1947): 



1919: Enquiry concerning the principles of natural knowledge (212 p., Cam- 

 bridge ) . — Reprinted 1 925. 



1920: The concept of nature (212 p., Cambridge; Isis 4, 212). — Reprinted 1926, 

 1930. 



1925: Science and the modern world (308 p., Cambridge). — Often reprinted. 



1938: Modes of thought (New York; Isis 32, 239). 



Whitehead was a mathematician and philosopher. 



Wolf, Abraham ( 1876- ): 



1925: Essentials of scientific method (160 p., London; Isis 8, 604). — Often re- 

 printed. 



The author was professor of the subject in the University of London and wrote 

 books on the history of science. 



This list is very incomplete; it includes only the books which have come to the 

 author's knowledge and which he has remembered. The books mentioned illustrate 

 a great variety of purposes and offer a sufficient choice to meet the reader's first 

 needs, whichever they be. 



See the Critical Bibliographies of Isis, section 18 Philosophy of Science. 



