Ock·ham

also Oc·cam (ŏk′əm), William of 1285?-1349?

English scholastic philosopher who rejected the reality of universal concepts and argued that mental and linguistic signs are the only genuinely universal features of reality.

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Ockham

(ˈɒkəm) or

Occam

(Biography) William of. died ?1349, English nominalist philosopher, who contested the temporal power of the papacy and ended the conflict between nominalism and realism

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Ock•ham

(ˈɒk əm)

n.

William of, Occam.

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Ockham - English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349)

Occam, William of Occam, William of Ockham

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As I came through Ockham (for that was the way I returned, and not through Send and Old Woking) I saw along the western horizon a blood-red glow, which as I drew nearer, crept slowly up the sky.

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I have read Ockham, Bradwardine, and other of the schoolmen, together with the learned Duns Scotus and the book of the holy Aquinas."

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William of Ockham, a Franciscan scholar teaching at Oxford, was accused of heretical teaching by a former chancellor of the university.

Unn Falkeid. The Avignon Papacy Contested: An Intellectual History from Dante to Catherine of Siena

Ockham's razor asks that we not multiply entities beyond necessity.

PHILOSOPHY AND PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESEARCH: Vol. 96, No. 3, May 2018

Ockham's Razor have also collaborated with Contact for the other half of the double-bill, Switch, a brand new show which puts young people from North Manchester at the heart of the action.

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Este artigo e dedicado ao jusnaturalismo e a analise de alguns de seus principais elementos na obra politica de Guilherme de Ockham. O texto esta dividido em duas partes: na primeira, apresentam-se consideracoes preliminares sobre o jusnaturalismo, indispensaveis a consecucao do objetivo proposto; na seguinte, confere-se especial atencao ao autor em destaque no titulo.

NATURAL LAW IN WILLIAM OF OCKHAM THOUGHT/GUILHERME DE OCKHAM E O JUSNATURALISMO

(11) En este articulo quisiera mostrar que William of Ockham opto, en sus primeros escritos, por esta segunda solucion.

WILLIAM OF OCKHAM Y EL PROBLEMA DEL CONOCIMIENTO INTROSPECTIVO DEL CONTENIDO DE NUESTRAS INTUICIONES EN SUS PRIMEROS ESCRITOS

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Chiltern acquires Ockham

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Chiltern takes over Ockham

Community Engagement - BioDundee & The Innovation Portal; Novabiotics Ltd; and Ockham Oncology.

2014 annual Life Sciences Awards; IN BRIEF