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Books on: ockham

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

    ...them. Political wisdom has, until recently, stood firm with Ockham. It held that Britons would rather be rationed by congestion...different times of the day, I can only say one thing. Come back Ockham and save us. Any system designed to cut the number of vehicles...
     
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    The Name of the Rose
    Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 27, 2010
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...capacity for logic, is not only an allusion to Sherlock Holmes as in "The Hound of the Baskervilles," but also to William of Ockham, who was responsible for the principle in logic called Ockhams Razor.Adso is perhaps a reference to Watson, as he is also...
     
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    GPS Can't Spot Every Disease; Vital Signs
    Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 2, 2011
    Subjects: 
    Navigation satellites
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...useful rule of thumb 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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    After Century of Service, It's Time for Name Change; in Association with RBS
    Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), February 20, 2008
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...receive the personal service they have always enjoyed." Brewin Dolphin has grown substantially since buying Wise Speke from Ockham Holdings, mushrooming from 21 offices to operating from 39 offices with sales now over pounds 200m. Mr Speke, the third generation...
     
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    Hungry Bears Maul Erinaceous
    Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 27, 2007
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    Bears
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Razzall, the Liberal Democrat spokesman on trade and industry, and Lord Poole, previously chief executive of Lloyds insurer Ockham Holdings and one time member of former prime minister John Majors policy unit at Number 10, are both directors. Chief executive...
     

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Encyclopedia Articles on: ockham

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

    ...Adams (2 vol., 1986); see also E. A. Moody, The Logic of William of Ockham (1935, repr. 1965); A. S. McCrade, The Political Thought of William of Ockham (1974). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
     
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    Mechanics
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, 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 the...
     
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    John XXII , Pope
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...assisted by Marsilius of Padua, who in 1324 published his exposition of his theories Defensor pacis, and later by William of Ockham. The emperor invaded Italy and set up (1328) as an antipope Pietro Rainalducci (as Nicholas V). The project was a fiasco...
     

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