William of Ockham
WILLIAM OF OCKHAM (1280?–1349?), English philosopher and theologian. William of Ockham was born between 1280 and 1285 at Ockham in Surrey, England. He entered the Franciscan o...
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William Ockham
c. 1285-c. 1349
William Ockham, known as William of Ockham (or Occam), had a significant effect on the decline of medieval Scholasticism, the separation of church and state, and the eve...
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William of Ockham(C. 1285–1349)
William of Ockham, the most influential philosopher of the fourteenth century, apparently was born sometime between 1280 and 1290 at the village of Ockham, in Su...
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The English philosopher and theologian William of Ockham (ca. 1284-1347) was the most important intellectual figure in the 14th century and one of the major figures in the history of philosophy.The fi...
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William of Ockham holds the distinction of being the most rejected but influential philosopher-theologian of the fourteenth century. His ideas have been the subject of revisionist assessments ever sin...
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William of Ockham is probably best remembered for his idea of metaphysical nominalism and "Okham's Razor," which is obviously named after him. William of Ockham was born between 1285- 1287 in Surrey,...
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