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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, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    The Al Shab atrocity; Ockhams razor and the benefit of doubt Byline: C. Eric Schulzke, SPECIAL...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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    Show That's Still Just a One-Trick Pony; Review Ockham's Razor: The Mill Wales Millennium Centre, Cardif
    Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), December 12, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    Show Thats Still Just a One-Trick Pony; Review Ockhams Razor: The Mill Wales Millennium Centre, Cardif. WHEN Ockhams Razor first visited the Wales Millennium Centre I was completely hooked - and eagerly awaited the magical companys return...
     
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    Midven Boosts Occam University Challenge
    Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), January 3, 2005
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...capital specialist believes Occam Systems, with its dominant...considerable growth. Occams software handles everything...very active too, said Occams sales director David...Unite Group, is an Occam customer which manages...across 40 sites, using Occams software, including...
     
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    GPS Can't Spot Every Disease; Vital Signs
    Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 2, 2011
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    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...any doctor needs to know. First described by the 14th-century logician and Franciscan friar, William of Ockham, and known as "Occams razor" it suggests that "entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily". A more useful interpretation...
     
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    TEN OF THE GREATEST; LIVE FOR LISTS; Philosophical Principles
    Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 23, 2010
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...and discriminate between combatants and innocent civilians. 10 OCCAMS RAZOR by WILLIAM OF OCCAM, 1288-1348 In an age of five-blade razors, the one wielded by William of Occam is ironically named, for it is the requirement not to multiply...
     

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Encyclopedia Articles on: occam OR occams OR ockham OR ockhams

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    William of Occam
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...language. An empiricist, Occam disputed the self-evidence...God). For this reason Occam severely restricted the...parsimony, formulated as "Occams razor," which enjoined...Marsilius of Padua, Occam strongly opposed the...The Logic of William of Ockham (1935, repr. 1965...
     
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    Occam, William Of
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

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

    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, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...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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    Medieval Latin Literature
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...scholasticism by St. Bonaventure , St. Albertus Magnus , and St. Thomas Aquinas , together with Duns Scotus , William of Occam , and others. The simple Latin dialogues on the mysteries of Christs life had become the miracle play . Secular poetry had...
     

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