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William of Ockham

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William of Ockham, also spelled Occam, born circa 1287 and died 9 or 10 April 1347, was an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher and theologian. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1287 1
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1347 1
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United Kingdom 1
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William of Ockham or Occam ( OK-əm; Latin: Guillelmus de Ockham; c. 1287 – 9/10 April 1347) was an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher and theologian.
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    William of Ockham or Occam (c. 1287 - 9/10 April 1347) was an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher and theologian.
  • In Branch: Metaphysics, Infobox: main_interests
    Natural philosophy metaphysics epistemology theology logic ontology politics Theological voluntarism
  • In Branch: Epistemology, Infobox: main_interests
    Natural philosophy metaphysics epistemology theology logic ontology politics Theological voluntarism
  • In Branch: Logic, Infobox: main_interests
    Natural philosophy metaphysics epistemology theology logic ontology politics Theological voluntarism
  • In Group: Rationalist Empiricist And Idealist Logic, Page categories: Empiricists
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Wikidata: William of Ockham
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Divine command theory (Wikipedia)
WikipediaAssociated With: Divine Command Theory, Article text
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been presented: historically, figures including Saint Augustine, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham and Søren Kierkegaard have presented various versions of divine command theory; more recently, Robert
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