Occam

Oc·cam

 (ŏk′əm), William of

See William of Ockham.

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

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