41. William Of Ockham | William Of Ockham Wiki | Williamofockham.com William Of Ockham Wiki b. Ockham, Surrey, England, c. 1284, d. Munich (Germany), 1349William was among the last of the scholars of the Middle Ages, and like most, a http://www.williamofockham.com/

Register Sign In About this site William Of Ockham edit=false; thepage=0; William Of Ockham [Login to edit this page] [b. Ockham, Surrey, England, c. 1284, d. Munich (Germany), 1349] William was among the last of the scholars of the Middle Ages, and like most, a churchman (required for teaching at Oxford in his time), but in more trouble with the church for his heretical views than most earlier scholars. Ockham's principal fame resulted from his battle against the Platonic philosophy of nominalism, for which his famous "razor," or rule against complicated explanations, was intended. Its prime use, however, has been in choosing between competing scientific theories. A parallel processing language designed to handle concurrent operations. The INMOS Transputer executes occam almost directly. In the following statements, two items of data are read and incremented at the same time. PAR specifies that following statements are to be executed concurrently, and SEQ indicates that the following statements are executed sequentially. PAR SEQ chan1 ? item1 item1 := item1 + 1 SEQ chan2 ? item2 item2 := item2 + 1Download Computer Desktop Encyclopedia to your iPhone/iTouch The English philosopher and theologian William of Ockham (ca. 1284-1347) was the most important intellectual figure in the 14th century and one of the major figures in the history of philosophy.

42. Ockham Summary William of Ockham (about 12881348) 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 http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Ockham.html

William of Ockham about 1288 - 1348 Click the picture above to see a larger version 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 Full MacTutor biography [Version for printing] List of References (33 books/articles) A Quotation Mathematicians born in the same country Show birthplace location Other Web sites Encyclopaedia Britannica Astroseti (A Spanish translation of this biography) Dave Beckett The Catholic Encyclopedia Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ... Previous (Chronologically) Next Main Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Biographies index JOC/EFR © February 2005 The URL of this page is: http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Ockham.html

43. William Of Ockham William came from Ockham which is near Guildford, S.W. of London, just off junction 10 of the M25 with the A3. Medieval spelling was rubbery and while the village is now http://www.allisons.org/ll/Images/People/Ockham/

var REMOTE_HOST='(none)'; William of Ockham (1285-1349). LA home Computing Images People Ockham Also see MML William came from Ockham which is near Guildford, S.W. of London, just off junction 10 of the M25 with the A3. Medieval spelling was "rubbery" and while the village is now named `Ockham', the spelling `Occam' is frequently used in connection with W. W is often credited with making a statement to the effect of, ``if two theories explain the facts equally well then the simpler theory is to be preferred'', but see below. This principle is widely known as `Occam's Razor'. All Saints Church, Ockham. All Saints Church, Ockham, Surrey, contains a (recent) stained-glass window and statue of W'. The church dates from 13C. Behind the church is a gate into the private grounds of Ockham Park. The estate used to be owned by the Lovelace family, as in Ada Lovelace . The original house was destroyed by fire. From Mark Ellison: Mach, Ernst. The Science of Mechanics: A Critical and Historical Account of Its Development , (Trans. TJ McCormack (1960)) Open Court, La Salle IL. Page 577ff.

44. William Of Ockham Biography From Who2.com William of Ockham (also spelled Occam) was a 14th century English philosopher who was also a Franciscan friar. Resistant to the popular wave of Scholasticism, a philosophical http://www.who2.com/williamofockham.html

@import url("/css/standard_delta.css"); Find Famous People Fast! Who2 FAQ Who2 Blog For Students Contact Who2 Browse Bios: A B C D ... Share on Facebook William of Ockham Biography Philosopher William of Ockham (also spelled Occam) was a 14th century English philosopher who was also a Franciscan friar. Resistant to the popular wave of Scholasticism, a philosophical position that tried to unify worldly and religious ideas, William of Ockham asserted that one could not know God through reason and rationality. His philosophy is sometimes called nominalism, and he is now most famous for only one of his many ideas, what is called the principle of Ockham's Razor (or The Law of Parsimony): that the simplest explanation to any problem is the best explanation. Because of his views challenging papal supremacy, Ockham was charged with heresy in 1324. He fled to Bavaria, where he spent the remainder of his life. Ockham's Razor is one of many terms found in our loop, Who's What? Four Good Links William of Ockham Good entry from the Internet Encylopedia of Philosophy William of Ockham: Dialogus Online texts and other materials for serious study William of Ockham The Catholic Encylopedia says he went too far William of Ockham Brief profile, but a nice list of other resources

45. William Of Ockham Biography (Philosopher) — Infoplease.com Biography of William of Ockham, Medieval thinker responsible for the principle of Ockham's Razor http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/williamofockham.html

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47. William Of Ockham William of Ockham Famous as a Medieval Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher and author. Get Medieval facts and information about the history of William of Ockham. Fast http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-religion/william-of-ockham.htm

48. BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - In Our Time, Ockham's Razor His name was William and he became known as William of Ockham. William of Ockham’s ideas on human freedom and the nature of reality influenced Thomas Hobbes and helped fuel the http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007m0w4

gloader.load(["glow", "1", "glow.dom", "glow.events", "glow.widgets"]); British Broadcasting Corporation Home Accessibility links Skip to content Skip to local navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk search ... Accessibility Help On Radio 4 Now PM Listen Live Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. Coming up at: Six O'Clock News View full schedule Home Programmes ... In Our Time Media: Listen now (45 minutes) Availability: Available to listen. Last broadcast on Thu, 31 May 2007 on BBC Radio 4 (FM only) (see all broadcasts Synopsis In the small village of Ockham, near Woking in Surrey, stands a church. Made of grey stone, it has a pitched roof and an unassuming church tower but parts of it date back to the 13th century. This means they would have been standing when the village witnessed the birth of one of the greatest philosophers in Medieval Europe. His name was William and he became known as William of Ockham. But why is William of Ockham significant in the history of philosophy, how did his turbulent life fit within the political dramas of his time and to what extent do we see his ideas in the work of later thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes and even Martin Luther? With Sir Anthony Kenny, philosopher and former Master of Balliol College, Oxford; Marilyn Adams, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University; Richard Cross, Professor of Medieval Theology at Oriel College, Oxford

49. The Nominalist Ontology Of William Of Ockham The Nominalist Ontology of William of Ockham and his logical and semantical theories http://www.ontology.co/william-ockham.htm

by Raul Corazzon - e-mail: rc[at]ontology.co Click on the image for the mobile version For an Overview see the Index of the Pages or the Alphabetical Index of the Philosophers: A-F G-O P-Z ; you can also download the page as or see the Table of Contemporary Ontologists (PDF) SEARCH in this site: Change of Address: August 13, 2010 this site moved from www.formalontology.it to www.ontology.co The Nominalist Ontology of William of Ockham Index of the Section: "The Problem of Universals from the Antiquity to Middle Ages" Universals in Antiquity and Middle Ages Annotated Bibliography on the Problem of Universals Abelard's Logic and the Origins of Nominalism Annotated Bibliography on Peter Abelard: A - J K - Z The Realist Ontology of John Duns Scotus Annotated Bibliography on Duns Scotus The Nominalist Ontology of William of Ockham Annotated Bibliography on William of Ockham Index of the Section: " Ontological Topics in the History of Philosophy INTRODUCTION "Like most philosophers in the Aristotelian tradition, Ockham distinguishes between propositions and the terms out of which they are composed. Central to Ockham's analysis of the concept of a term is his distinction between categorematic and syncategorematic terms. We can get at this dichotomy if we distinguish between expressions that do and expressions that do not yield a meaningful proposition when substituted for x in 'This x -es' or 'This is (a/an) x '. The former (including predicate-expressions, proper names, demonstratives, and pronouns) Ockham calls categorematic terms; the latter (including articles, particles, interjections, quantifiers, and truth-functional connectives) he calls syncategorematic terms.

50. William Of Ockham William of Ockham was both an influential philosopher and controversial theologian in the 14th century. He was born a small village of Ockham in England around 1285 AD. http://www.kosmix.com/topic/william of ockham

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51. William Of Ockham - Catholic Online Fourteenthcentury Scholastic philosopher and controversial writer, born at or near the village of Ockham in Surrey, England, about 1280; died probably at Munich, about 1349. http://library.catholic.org/view.php?id=8627

52. William Of Ockham: 'A Letter To The Friars Minor' And Other Writings - Cambridge William of Ockham 'A Letter to the Friars Minor' and Other Writings, William of Ockham , Edited by Arthur Stephen McGrade , John Kilcullen , 9780521352437, Cambridge University http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521352437

53. Occam's Razor - The Skeptic's Dictionary - Skepdic.com The words are those of the medieval English philosopher and Franciscan monk William of Ockham (ca. 12851349). Like many Franciscans, William was a minimalist in this http://skepdic.com/occam.html

Robert T. Carroll Home Newsletter Feedback ... Site Map Topical Indexes Alternative Medicine Cryptozoology Junk Science New Age ... Who Am I? Other Writings Skeptimedia Mass Media Funk Mass Media Bunk What's the Harm? ... In Memoriam Other Resources Recommended Books For Young Thinkers For Teachers A Skeptic's Halloween ... Predictably Irrational Economics is not useless! Irrationality Are we doomed to act against our own self-interest? From Abracadabra to Zombies View All a b c ... z Occam's razor " Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate " or "plurality should not be posited without necessity." The words are those of the medieval English philosopher and Franciscan monk William of Ockham (ca. 1285-1349). Like many Franciscans, William was a minimalist in this life, idealizing a life of poverty, and like St. Francis himself, battling with the Pope over the issue. William was excommunicated by Pope John XXII. He responded by writing a treatise demonstrating that Pope John was a heretic. What is known as Occam's razor was a common principle in medieval philosophy and was not originated by William, but because of his frequent usage of the principle, his name has become indelibly attached to it. It is unlikely that William would appreciate what some of us have done in his name. For example, atheists often apply Occam's razor in arguing against the existence of God on the grounds that God is an unnecessary hypothesis. We can explain everything without assuming the extra metaphysical baggage of a Divine Being.

54. William Of Ockham - Catholic Encyclopedia - Catholic Online Catholic Online Catholic Encyclopedia Fourteenth-century Scholastic philosopher and controversial writer, born at or near the village of Ockham in Surrey, England, about 1280 http://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=12362

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