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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

William of Ockham and the Divine Freedom Second Edition...Data Klocker, Harry, R. William of Ockham and the divine freedom / by Harry Klocker...0-87462-001-5 pbk. 1. William, of Ockham, ca. 1285- 1349. 2. God--History of...
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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

...this radical departure was William of Ockham. In him medieval reflection discovered...authorities. In the case of William of Ockham I have been compelled to rely on the...IV. WILLIAM OF OCKHAM 101 i. Life. ii...
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Medieval Philosophy

Book by John Marenbon; Routledge, 1998

Subjects:

Philosophy, Medieval

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

This volume provides a broad and scholarly introduction to the major authors and issues involved in the philosophical discourse of the medieval era, as well as some original interpretations of the philosophical writings addressed.
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The Cambridge Companion to Duns Scotus

Book by Thomas Williams; Cambridge University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Duns Scotus, John--Ca. 1266-1308

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

John Duns Scotus (1265/6-1308) was (along with Aquinas and Ockham) one of the three principal figures in medieval philosophy and theology, with an influence on modern thought arguably greater than that of Aquinas. The essays in this volume systematically survey the full range of Scotus's thought ...
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John Duns Scotus (1265/6-1308) was (along with Aquinas and Ockham) one of the three principal figures in medieval philosophy and theology, with an influence on modern thought arguably greater than that of Aquinas. The essays in this volume systematically survey the full range of Scotus's thought. They clearly explain the technical details of his writing and demonstrate the relevance of his work to contemporary philosophical debate.
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The Problem of Sovereignty in the Later Middle Ages: The Papal Monarchy with Augustinus Triumphus and the Publicists

Book by Michael Wilks; Cambridge University Press, 1963

Subjects:

Augustinus--De Ancona--1243-1328, Papacy, Political Science--History, Sovereignty

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...canonist as pope. The same tendency in Ockham has been noted by E. F. Jacob, Essays...regia et papali , ch. 22, pp. 248-9, and Ockham, Breviloquium, i passim . This followed...anticipated almost the whole of William of Ockhams conciliar theory. Nevertheless it is as...

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Journal Articles on: ockham

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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

Wilhelm Von Ockham: Gelehrter, Streiter, Bettelmonch...Wanda Zemler-Cizewski WILHELM VON OCKHAM: GELEHRTER, STREITER, BETTELMONCH. By...euro. In the words of David Steinmetz: "Ockham could move with ease from logic to metaphysics...
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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...writings on semantics and logic, William of Ockham combines two very strong claims about...and content of thought and language. Ockham was, as many commentators have observed...
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Aristotle's Place in the History of Natural Rights

Journal article by A.S. Mcgrade; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 49, 1996

Subjects:

Aristotle--Philosophy, Natural law--Philosophy, Philosophy--History, Politics (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Thomas Aquinas, Saint--Philosophy

Collections: Philosophy, History, Entire Library

...similarly pernicious nominalism of William of Ockham.(3) As far as the current consensus is...natural rights, at least not before Ockham. Among medievalists there is, however...characters as Marsilius of Padua and Ockham, Tierney has argued convincingly that...
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Common Sources for the Semiotic of Charles Peirce and John Poinsot

Journal article by Mauricio Beuchot, John Deely; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 48, 1995

Subjects:

Peirce, Charles Sanders--Philosophy, Scholasticism--Influence, Semiotics--History

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...Sherwood or Shyreswood, and William of Ockham.(33) Between 1867(34) and 1871, and...Fonseca as well as Aquinas, Scotus, and Ockham. An author as perspicuous as Luigi Romeo...Scotus, whom he knew well, Peirce cites Ockham, whom he also follows in other respects...
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Facts vs. Things: Adam Wodeham and the Later Medieval Debate about Objects of Judgment

Journal article by Susan Brower-Toland; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 60, 2007

Subjects:

Adam Wodham--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Judgment (Logic)--Analysis, Medieval philosophy--Analysis, Philosophy, Medieval--Analysis

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...scholasticism. A careful student of William Ockham and John Duns Scotus, as well as an independent...is following his predecessor, William Ockham. (20) According to this analysis, judgments...John Duns Scotus (d. 1308) and William Ockham (d. 1347). He not only mentions both explicitly...

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Magazine Articles on: ockham

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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

Collections: Entire Library

William of Ockham. by PAUL GOTTFRIED William of Ockham (1285--1349) contributed decisively to the medieval...religion. While little is known of his early youth, Ockham spent most of his life in Franciscan monasteries, as...
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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

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...first Whig." Our second monk, William of Ockham, was born in England about a dozen years...will recognize his name as the author of "Ockhams Razor"--the principle (still used in the...coercion of each other. The implications of Ockhams nominalism for the moral life and for...
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Scholasticism, Prostestantism, and Modernity

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

Subjects:

Protestantism--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Reformation--History, Scholasticism--Portrayals

Collections: Entire Library

...the Oxfordian Franciscan monk William of Ockham (1280-- 1349), whose thinking marked Luther...relentless criticism. For Nominalists like Ockham, there is no harmonious synthesis of reason...faith. For critical reason, maintained Ockham, was there to challenge and discredit...
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God and the Philosophers

Magazine article by Paul Edwards; Free Inquiry, Vol. 18, Summer 1998

Subjects:

Beginning--Study and teaching, God--Study and teaching, Philosophers, Ancient--Philosophy, Religion--Philosophy

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Canterbury, St. Thomas Aquinas, William of Ockham, and Maimonides - supported all these propositions. Ockham did not think that they could be proven...the world. We now know that, aside from Ockham, quite a few medieval philosophers were...
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Aquinas for Protestants: What Luther Got Wrong

Magazine article by David C. Steinmetz; The Christian Century, Vol. 122, August 23, 2005

Subjects:

Biel, Gabriel--Criticism and interpretation, Catholic theology--15th century AD, Catholic theology--Criticism and interpretation, Luther, Martin (Religious reformer)--Criticism and interpretation, Protestant theology--15th century AD, Protestant theology--Criticism and interpretation, Theologians--15th century AD, Theologians--Criticism and interpretation, Theology, Catholic--15th century AD, Theology, Catholic--Criticism and interpretation, Theology, Protestant--15th century AD, Theology, Protestant--Criticism and interpretation, Thomas Aquinas, Saint--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...teachers were disciples of the Franciscan theologian William Ockham. The Occamists taught a theology of grace that tilted in a decidedly...agreement with the Pelagianizing tendencies of the school of Ockham. When Luther read Biels account of Thomass theology, he encountered...

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Newspaper Articles on: ockham

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Our Beautiful Home Has Risen from the Ashes; A Manor Converted into Flats but Then Destroyed by Fire Is Restored at Last

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 31, 2004

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

...touches to the apartment they were buying in the ballroom of a 17th Century house - Hatchford Manor at Hatchford Park, near Ockham in Surrey. The couple were poised to move into their twobedroom, two-bathroom, 4,000sqft apartment on the manors ground floor...
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Company Round-Up

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 19, 1996

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

...sterling15m placing, fully underwritten and sponsored by broker Beeson Gregory, which will raise pounds sterling3m (net of expenses). Ockham Holdings will have its stake diluted from 100pc to around 60pc. Moorfield Estates is buying a pounds sterling22.1m property...
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Hungry Bears Maul Erinaceous

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 27, 2007

Subjects:

Bears

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, 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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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 of a...wisdom has, until recently, stood firm with Ockham. It held that Britons would rather be...
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OUT OF CONTROL; Concorde Was Seconds from Disaster

Newspaper article by Andrew Buckwell; Sunday Mirror (London, England), April 23, 2000

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

...manually and landed normally." The Concorde hit trouble as it joined a "stack" of other planes above a section of the M25 at Ockham, Surrey. It was about 15 miles from Heathrow after leaving New York three hours earlier for the journey - return fare pounds...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: ockham

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Ockham, William Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

OCKHAM, WILLIAM OF see William of Occam . ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.
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John XXII , Pope

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, 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, but...
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William of Occam

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...biography by M. M. 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). ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright...
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Mechanics

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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 the dominant...

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