Ockham

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1. Ockham - Noun

2. Ockham - Proper noun

Meaning

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

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According to Ockham, universals are just words/names that only exist in the mind and have no real place in the external world. Source: Internet

Although Ockham also expressed willingness to resubmit to the Church and Franciscan Order, there is no evidence of a formal reconciliation. Source: Internet

Cambridge University Press, 1999: 104. For Ockham, the only truly necessary entity is God; everything else is contingent. Source: Internet

As a general rule, Ockham argued against assuming any entities that were not necessary for explanations. Source: Internet

A theological commission had been asked to review his Commentary on the Sentences, and it was during this that Ockham found himself involved in a different debate. Source: Internet

For this reason Ockham has sometimes also been called a "terminist", to distinguish him from a nominalist or a conceptualist. Source: Internet

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