Definitions for Occam

Occam Oc·cam

Spelling: [ok-uh m]
IPA: /ˈɒk əm/

Occam is a 5 letter English word.

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  1. William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.

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The succession, as it were, of Occam to Duns Scotus, is of great interest.

Here Occam would not follow him, as Aristotle would not follow Plato.

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

The cause of the Nominalists was almost desperate, till Occam in the fourteenth century revived the dying embers.

Duns Scotus and Occam, also contributed voluminously to the stores of scholastic theology.

This empirical identification of meaning by means of the specific fact of suggestion cuts deep—if Occam's razor still cuts.

We may apply the razor of Occam: Entia non multiplicanda sunt præter necessitatem.

Hence, in accordance with Occam's razor, we shall do well to abstain from either assuming or denying points and instants.

Occam's razor will enable us at once to cut off such a theory.

He found in one of the later schoolmen, Occam, whom he preferred to all others, an opinion which he embraced.

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