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 Occam 1

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instanceOf Franciscan friar
human
philosopher
scholastic philosopher
theologian
activeInCentury 14th century
alternativeName Gulielmus Occamus
William of Ockham
surface form: William of Occam
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
Duns Scotus
surface form: John Duns Scotus

St. Thomas Aquinas
surface form: 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 self-link
notableIdea entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity
mental language theory
separation of spiritual and temporal powers
occupation friar
philosopher
theologian
philosophicalSchool nominalism
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
religiousOrder Order of Friars Minor
wrote Breviloquium de principatu tyrannico
Dialogus de oratoribus
surface form: Dialogus

Ordinatio (commentary on the Sentences)
Summa Logicae

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Occam's razor namedAfter William of Ockham
Scholastic theology hasMajorFigure William of Ockham
William of Ockham name William of Ockham self-link
William of Ockham alternativeName William of Ockham
this entity surface form: William of Occam
Franciscan School associatedWith William of Ockham
Franciscan School hasKeyFigure William of Ockham
William of Baskerville influencedBy William of Ockham
Scholastic logic hasNotableFigure William of Ockham
University of Paris faculty notableMember William of Ockham
Peter Lombard’s Sentences influence William of Ockham
Scholasticism associatedWith William of Ockham