Occam
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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.
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Occam
(ˈɒkəm)n
(Biography) a variant spelling of (William of) Ockham
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Oc•cam
Ock•ham
(ˈɒk əm)n. William of,
died 1349?, English scholastic philosopher.
Oc`cam•is′tic, adj.
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