Ockham

[ ok-uhm ]

noun

1. William of. Occam.

Ockham

/ ˈɒkəm /

noun

1. See Ockham's razor
   OckhamWilliam of?1349MEnglishPHILOSOPHY: philosopher William of. died ?1349, English nominalist philosopher, who contested the temporal power of the papacy and ended the conflict between nominalism and realism See Ockham's razor

Example Sentences

Ockham in particular falls very short of what I had expected; and his nominalism is strangely different from that of Berkeley.

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He had been staying not far off—at Ockham, I think—and the telegram had been sent on.

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His debt to Ockham revealed itself in his earliest efforts at Church reform.

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William of Occam (d. 1349), so called from his birthplace, Ockham, in Surrey.

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Ockham and Gerson had resolved this in the affirmative, Aquinas the contrary way.

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