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Sep 10, 2024 · Occam’s razor, principle stated by the Scholastic philosopher William of Ockham (1285–1347/49) that ‘plurality should not be posited without necessity.’ The principle gives precedence to simplicity: of two competing theories, the simpler explanation of an entity is to be preferred.
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Sep 11, 2024 · William of Ockham (c. 1287 – 1347) is among the most prominent figures in the history of philosophy during the Late Middle Ages along with Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus. He is probably best known today for his espousal of metaphysical nominalism.
Sep 16, 2024 · William of Ockham was a Franciscan friar who lived between 1287 and 1347. He received a theological education in the Franciscan order at the London convent, and later in Oxford, but he never completely finished with a master of theology, though he fulfilled all requirements.
2 days ago · The Scholastics, also known as Schoolmen, [6] [7] included as its main figures Anselm of Canterbury ("the father of scholasticism" [8]), Peter Abelard, Alexander of Hales, Albertus Magnus, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, Bonaventure, and Thomas Aquinas.
6 days ago · In the Franciscan order, John Duns Scotus (c. 1266–1308) and William of Ockham (c. 1285–c. 1347) developed new styles of theology and philosophy that vied with Thomism throughout the late Middle Ages.
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6 days ago · In stressing the essential instability and temporality of the world, William attributed true existence and causality to God alone. Although a follower of St. Augustine, William, like others of his time, was compelled to rethink the older Augustinian notions in terms of the newer Aristotelian and Avicennian philosophies.
Sep 16, 2024 · The proximate cause of this transformation was Walter Chatton’s rejection of William of Ockham’s arguments that the human powers of sensation are distinct from the human intellect. This article examines Chatton’s implicit and explicit motivations for rejecting Ockham’s arguments.
