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Ock·ham

also Oc·cam (ŏk′əm), William of 1285?-1349?

English scholastic philosopher who rejected the reality of universal concepts and argued that mental and linguistic signs are the only genuinely universal features of reality.

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Ockham

(ˈɒkəm) or

Occam

(Biography) William of. died ?1349, English nominalist philosopher, who contested the temporal power of the papacy and ended the conflict between nominalism and realism

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Ock•ham

(ˈɒk əm)

n.

William of, Occam.

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Ockham - English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349)

Occam, William of Occam, William of Ockham

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Marvell sent its text to Mayor Ackham in Hull on January 14, without interpretive comment.

The point and power of the footnote: Marvell in parliamentary history

(62) The discount rates may also reflect income levels, but explaining everything away as a function of poverty is simplistic (with all due respect to Ackham's Razor).