William of Ockham

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William of Ockham was a 14th-century English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher, and theologian best known for formulating the principle of parsimony in reasoning later called Occam's razor.

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William of Ockham canonical 25
Ockham 2
William Ockham 1

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instanceOf Franciscan friar ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
scholastic philosopher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
activeInCentury 14th century ⓘ
alternativeName Gulielmus Occamus ⓘ
William of Occam ⓘ
linked to: William of Ockham
birthPlace Ockham, Surrey, England ⓘ
birthYear c. 1287 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathYear 1347 ⓘ
education University of Oxford ⓘ
era 14th-century philosophy ⓘ
Medieval philosophy ⓘ
fieldOfWork logic ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
theology ⓘ
influenced Martin Luther ⓘ
René Descartes ⓘ
analytic philosophy ⓘ
early modern empiricism ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
John Duns Scotus ⓘ
linked to: Duns Scotus

Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
knownFor Occam's razor ⓘ
nominalism ⓘ
political writings on church and state ⓘ
principle of parsimony ⓘ
languageOfWork Latin ⓘ
mainInterest logic ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
theology ⓘ
movement Scholasticism ⓘ
name William of Ockham ⓘ
notableIdea entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity ⓘ
mental language theory ⓘ
separation of spiritual and temporal powers ⓘ
occupation friar ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
philosophicalSchool nominalism ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Order of Friars Minor ⓘ
wrote Breviloquium de principatu tyrannico ⓘ
Dialogus ⓘ
Ordinatio (commentary on the Sentences) ⓘ
Summa Logicae ⓘ

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William of Baskerville → influencedBy → William of Ockham ⓘ
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University of Paris faculty → notableMember → William of Ockham ⓘ
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occam programming language → namedAfter → William of Ockham ⓘ
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Gulielmus Occamus → hasName → William of Ockham ⓘ
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Summa Logicae → author → William of Ockham ⓘ
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Breviloquium de principatu tyrannico → author → William of Ockham ⓘ
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John Mair → influencedBy → William of Ockham ⓘ
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Gregory of Rimini → influencedBy → William of Ockham ⓘ
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