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William of Ockham or Occam OFM (/ ˈ ɒ k əm / OK-əm; Latin: Gulielmus Occamus; c. 1287 – 10 April 1347) was an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher, apologist, and Catholic theologian, who is believed to have been born in Ockham, a small village in Surrey.
Aug 16, 2002 · William of Ockham (c. 1287–1347) is, along with Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus, among the most prominent figures in the history of philosophy during the High Middle Ages. He is probably best known today for his espousal of metaphysical nominalism; indeed, the methodological principle known as “Ockham’s Razor” is named after him.
- Paul Vincent Spade, Claude Panaccio
- 2002
William of Ockham was a Franciscan philosopher, theologian, and political writer, a late scholastic thinker regarded as the founder of a form of nominalism—the school of thought that denies that universal concepts such as “father” have any reality apart from the individual things signified by the.
A comprehensive overview of the life and works of the fourteenth-century English philosopher William of Ockham, also known as William Ockham and William of Occam. Learn about his radical views on metaphysics, epistemology, logic, theology, ethics, and political theory.
William of Ockham, or William of Occam, (born c. 1285, Ockham, Surrey?, Eng.—died 1347/49, Munich, Bavaria), English Franciscan philosopher, theologian, and political writer.
Apr 9, 2011 · William of Ockham was an English mathematician and philosopher best known for Ockham's razor, one version of which is: It is vain to do with more what can be done with less.
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Jun 29, 2015 · A brief overview of the life and work of William of Ockham, an English Franciscan philosopher who challenged scholasticism and the papacy. Learn about his nominalism, empiricism, political theory, and fideism.
