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William of Occam (Ockham)

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William of Ockham and the Divine Freedom

Book by Harry S. J. Klocker; Marquette University Press, 1996

Subjects:

God--History Of Doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500, William--Of Ockham--Ca. 1285-Ca. 1349

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Abbagnano states that Ockhams denial of the proposition...Guglielmo di Occam Lanciano, 1931...Gulielmo di Occam Milano: Societa...Kantiano ." 20 Ockham, Prolog. in Sent...attempting to evaluate Ockhams position on causality...
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Creating a Memory of Causal Relationships: An Integration of Empirical and Explanation-Based Learning Methods

Book by Michael J. Pazzani; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1990

Subjects:

Artificial Intelligence, Learning, Memory, Occam (Computer Program Language)

Collections: Entire Library

...Trace of PROLOG_OCCAM 329...Appendix D. OCCAMs Generalization Rules...causes revision of OCCAMs existing kidnapping chema. OCCAM uses intelligent...economic rules to OCCAM. These rules are stored in OCCAMS memory in the same...
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Realists and Nominalists

Book by Meyrick H. Carré; Oxford University Press, 1946

Subjects:

Abelard, Peter--1079-1142, Augustine--Saint, Bishop Of Hippo, Nominalism, Realism, Thomas--Aquinas, Saint--1225?-1274, William--Of Ockham--Ca. 1285-Ca. 1349

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...IV. WILLIAM OF OCKHAM 101 i. Life. ii. The movement against Thomism--Ockhams predecessors. iii. The razor--criticism of Realism--knowledge based on intuition-- nature and scope of intuition. iv...
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Medieval Political Ideas - Vol. 2

Book by Ewart Lewis; A.A. Knopf, 1954

Subjects:

Constitutional History, Medieval, Political Science--History--To 1500

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...Aegidius, or by Occam. With their firm...monarchy--or even in Occams theory of limited...could be judged. Occam had asserted a private...attention was, like Occams, 36 directed to...William of Occam Occams proof that a general...
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Wyclif and the Oxford Schools: The Relation of the "Summa de Ente" to Scholastic Debates at Oxford in the Later Fourteenth Century

Book by J. A. Robson; 1961

Subjects:

Scholasticism, University Of Oxford--History, Wycliffe, John--D. 1384--Summa De Ente

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Pelzer, "Les 51 articles de Guillaume Occam censures, an Avignon, en 1326", Revue...Neue Aktenstucke zu dem gegen Wilhelm Ockham in Avignon gefuhrten Prozess ", RTAM...purposes of comparison. 1 Correspondingly Ockhams logic and theology demand the disappearance...

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The Puzzle of Names in Ockham's Theory of Mental Language

Journal article by Deborah J. Brown; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 50, 1996

Subjects:

Language and languages--Philosophy, Names--Philosophy, Ockham, William--Philosophy, Semantics (Philosophy)--Analysis

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

The puzzle of names in Ockhams theory of mental language. by...crafted for its explanatory role in Ockhams semantics. The notion of a mental...categorematic terms in mental language, Ockhams absolute terms, and are not unlike...
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Wilhelm Von Ockham: Gelehrter, Streiter, Bettelmonch

Journal article by Wanda Zemler-Cizewski; Theological Studies, Vol. 66, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Wilhelm von Ockham: Gelehrter, Streiter, Bettelmonch (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...undertakes the daunting task of setting Ockhams works in their historical context...study begins with a brief review of Ockhams origin in Surrey, England, his ordination...the professional clergy. L. situates Ockhams career with a useful survey of conditions...
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Why Do Some Students Fail to Learn to Read? Ockham's Razor and the Conditions of Learning

Journal article by Brian Cambourne; The Reading Teacher, Vol. 54, 2001

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...some students fail to learn to read? Ockhams razor and the conditions of learning...called "Ockhams razor." Have you ever tried to apply...possible. I learned that William of Ockham was an English monk, a philosopher...
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Ockham's Razor Applied

Journal article by Emily K. Decicco, Jeanette Allison; Childhood Education, Vol. 75, 1999

Subjects:

Education--Social aspects, Schools--Social aspects, Teacher workload, Teachers--Workload

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Ockhams Razor Applied. by Emily K. DeCicco , Jeanette Allison...achievement are shortchanged constantly. Applying the principle of Ockhams Razor - "Entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity...each school will determine the type of MCMs hired. Applying Ockhams Razor again, let us cut away entities that are not central...
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Model Selection and Accounting for Model Uncertainly in Graphical Models Using Occam's Window

Journal article by David Madigan, Adrian E. Raftery; Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 89, 1994

Subjects:

Mathematical research--Research, Mathematics

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...Uncertainly in Graphical Models Using Occams Window. by DAVID MADIGAN , ADRIAN...STRATEGY 2.1 General Principles and Occams Razor We argue that Equation (1) does...accepted norms of scientific investigation, Occams razor. Let E represent the evidence and...

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William of Ockham

Magazine article by Paul Gottfried; World and I, Vol. 14, February 1999

Subjects:

Excommunication--History, Logic--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Ockham, William of--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Papal infallibility, Popes--Infallibility

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...committee of theologians that submitted Ockhams texts to the papacy, Lutterell accused...the use of what came to be called "Ockhams razor," or "law of economy": "Entities...action. But more significant for Ockhams career was the position he took on...
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A Better Concept of Freedom

Magazine article by George Weigel; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, March 2002

Subjects:

Berlin, Isaiah--Philosophy, Liberty--Philosophy, Ockham, William of--Philosophy, Thomas Aquinas, Saint--Philosophy, Will--Philosophy

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...recognize his name as the author of "Ockhams Razor"--the principle (still used...each other. The implications of Ockhams nominalism for the moral life and...Pinckaers goes so far as to describe Ockhams work as "the first atomic explosion...
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Getting the Facts Straight: A Growing Number of People Have Been Led to Believe That an Airliner Did Not Hit the Pentagon on 9/11. However, in This Case the "Official Version" of Events Is Irrefutable

Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 20, August 23, 2004

Subjects:

Witnesses--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001

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...Overall, however, the Meyssan theory fails its most important test. A 14th century philosopher, William of Occam, formulated the principle ("Occams razor") that the best explanation of observed phenomena is the simplest. Of the two competing explanations...
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Minority Report

Magazine article by Christopher Hitchens; The Nation, Vol. 244, March 14, 1987

Subjects:

Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990--Investigations, North, Oliver L.--Investigations, Poindexter, John M.--Investigations, Presidents (Government)--Evaluation, Presidents--Evaluation, Reagan, Ronald--Evaluation, United States. National Security Council--Officials and employees, United States. Tower Commission--Reports

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...A more intelligent maxim is that of William of Occam, who early in the fourteenth century observed...without necessity). This is known to logicians as Occams razor. The principle of Occams razor is attractive and usefulbecause it can dispose...
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A Perplexing Dilemma

Magazine article by Wayne G. Johnson, Brion Carlson, Massimo Pigliucci; Free Inquiry, Vol. 24, August 2004

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...argument against God (and his relevance to anything!) is Ockhams razor. If you dont stand your ground there, youll soon...made me do it" defense wasnt allowed at Nuremberg). As for Occams razor being a better argument for the nonexistence of god...

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Midven Boosts Occam University Challenge

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), January 3, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...specialist believes Occam Systems, with its...considerable growth. Occams software handles...active too, said Occams sales director David...Unite Group, is an Occam customer which manages...Street, Birmingham. Occams software has grown...capital from Midven. Occam is now marketing...
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The Al Shab Atrocity; Ockham's Razor and the Benefit of Doubt

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 31, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

The Al Shab atrocity; Ockhams razor and the benefit of doubt Byline: C. Eric Schulzke, SPECIAL...scene. Why does the benefit of doubt tilt firmly in one direction, when Ockhams razor slices cleanly in the other? Eric Schulzke recently completed...
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Just Keep It Simple, Darling; Today the Transport Secretary Announces His Pay-by-Mile Road Pricing Scheme to Cut Congestion. but a Perfectly Good Tax Is Already in Place

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 9, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...mediaeval summation of common sense, Ockhams Law. It states (albeit in Latin): "Keep it simple, stupid." Ockhams Law says that if you cannot think...has, until recently, stood firm with Ockham. It held that Britons would rather...
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Vince Foster's Ghost

Newspaper article by Arnold Beichman; The Washington Times, September 29, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...murder. And I believe that because I believe in the validity of the principle known as Occams Razor, also known as the law of parsimony. William of Occam, a medieval English philosopher, achieved immortality by propounding a rule that the simplest...
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An Exchange Full of Characters; Business Analysis in Association with RBS When Newcastle Had Its Own Stock Exchange, It Was Unquestionably One of Character, as Brian Nicholls Reports

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), August 8, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...were the brightest feature of annual reports for Sturge and Ockhams, as it became in 1995. In 1997, an investment advice department was set up. That year also Ockhams decided to concentrate on insurance business. A year later...

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William of Occam

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...principle of parsimony, formulated as "Occams razor," which enjoined economy in explanation...vain with more." Like Marsilius of Padua, Occam strongly opposed the temporal power of...E. A. Moody, The Logic of William of Ockham (1935, repr. 1965); A. S. McCrade, The...
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Occam, William Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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OCCAM, WILLIAM OF see William of Occam . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Ockham, William Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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OCKHAM, WILLIAM OF see William of Occam . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Mechanics

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...died out. The impetus school flourished in Paris and elsewhere during the 14th and 15th cent. and included William of Occam (Ockham), Jean Buridan, Albert of Saxony, Nicolas Oresme, and Nicolas of Cusa, although it was never successful in replacing...
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Buridan, Jean

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...Fr. zhaN buredaN , d. c.1358, French scholastic philosopher. Rector of the Univ. of Paris, he was a follower of William of Occam and a nominalist. Buridan promoted the theory of impetus, arguing that a projectile continues in motion not, as Aristotle held...

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