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Oc·cam

(ŏk′əm), William of

See William of Ockham.

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.

Occam

(ˈɒkəm)

(Biography) a variant spelling of (William of) Ockham

Oc•cam

Ock•ham

(ˈɒk əm)

n. William of,

died 1349?, English scholastic philosopher.

Oc`cam•is′tic, adj.

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

Ockham, William of Occam, William of Ockham

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