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English Franciscan friar and theologian (c. 1287–1347)
William of Ockham or Occam (/ˈɒkəm/ OK-əm; Latin: Guillelmus de Ockham; c. 1287 – 9/10 April 1347) was an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher
William_of_Ockham
Philosophical problem-solving principle
In philosophy, Occam's razor (also spelled Ockham's razor or Ocham's razor; Latin: novacula Occami) is the problem-solving principle that recommends searching
Occam's_razor
Topics referred to by the same term
Occam or Ockham may refer to: William of Ockham (c. 1287–1347), English friar, philosopher and theologian Ockham's Razor, named after him Byron King-Noel
Ockham
Village and parish in Surrey, England
Ockham (/ˈɒkəm/ OK-əm) is a rural and semi-rural village in the borough of Guildford in Surrey, England. The village starts immediately east of the A3
Ockham,_Surrey
British peer and naval officer (1836–1862)
Viscount Ockham (12 May 1836 – 1 September 1862) was a British peer and the eldest of the three legitimate grandchildren of poet Lord Byron. Lord Ockham was
Byron King-Noel, Viscount Ockham
Byron_King-Noel,_Viscount_Ockham
Philosophical and theological system
Occamism (or Ockhamism) is the philosophical and theological teaching developed by William of Ockham (1285–1347) and his disciples, which had widespread
Occamism
Extinct earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Britain from 1725 to 1733; as such, in 1725 he was created Baron King of Ockham in the County of Surrey, in the Peerage of Great Britain (verbally and less
Earl_of_Lovelace
Church in Woking, Surrey
known as All Saints' Church, is an Anglican church in Ockham, England. It is the parish church of Ockham with Hatchford and Downside. Due to its architectural
All_Saints'_Church,_Ockham
Country house in Ockham, Surrey
Ockham Park is a seventeenth-century English country house in Ockham, Surrey. The house is a square two-storey block in red brick with 7 bays on each side
Ockham_Park
Nature reserve in Surrey, England
Ockham and Wisley Commons is a 266-hectare (660-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Woking in Surrey. It is also a Local Nature
Ockham_and_Wisley_Commons
Bearer of truth values
contributions from Aristotle and the Stoics, and later from William of Ockham, Gottlob Frege, and Bertrand Russell. Propositions are relevant to many
Proposition
Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
The Boyle Baronetcy, of Ockham in the Parish of Salehurst in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on
Boyle_baronets
In mathematics, an Ockham algebra is a bounded distributive lattice L {\displaystyle L} with a dual endomorphism, that is, an operation ∼ : L → L {\displaystyle
Ockham_algebra
1323 textbook on logic by William of Ockham
The Summa Logicae ("Sum of Logic") is a textbook on logic by William of Ockham. It was written around 1323. Systematically, it resembles other works of
Sum_of_Logic
Philosophy emphasizing names and labels
reached their flowering in William of Ockham, who was the most influential and thorough nominalist. Abelard's and Ockham's version of nominalism is sometimes
Nominalism
Character in the novel The Name of the Rose
fictional sleuth Sherlock Holmes and to William of Ockham. The name itself is derived from William of Ockham and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's book The Hound of
William_of_Baskerville
British magazine
and Inkredulous. The Skeptic magazine annually awards the Ockham Awards, or simply the Ockhams, at QED. This occurred for the first time in 2012, and the
The Skeptic (British magazine)
The_Skeptic_(British_magazine)
2025 memoir by Jacinda Ardern
General Non-Fiction Award and won the Best First Book Award at the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. In June 2023 Ardern signed a deal with Penguin
A_Different_Kind_of_Power
New Zealand literary awards
The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are literary awards presented annually in New Zealand. The awards began in 1996 as the merger of two literary awards
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Ockham_New_Zealand_Book_Awards
Annual conference in Manchester, England
and comedy shows, and the Ockham Award ceremony. The Skeptic magazine annually awards the Ockham Awards, or simply the Ockhams, at QED. This occurred for
QED_(conference)
Former airfield in Surrey, England
Wisley Airfield is a former wartime airfield located in the Parish of Ockham near Wisley in Surrey, England. Originally a grass airstrip used to test aircraft
Wisley_Airfield
New Zealand journalist and doctor (born 1983/4)
won the best first book award in the general non-fiction category at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Wehipeihana grew up in Wellington. Her mother,
Emma_Wehipeihana
Head of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005
I Grosseteste Gundissalinus Hildegard Hugh Isidore Llull Lombard Martin Ockham Oresme Paschasius Roscellinus Scotus Siger Symeon Thierry Modern Agnesi
Pope_John_Paul_II
English nobleman and scientist (1805–1893)
Lord Byron and his wife Anne Isabella Milbanke. He was created Viscount Ockham and Earl of Lovelace in 1838, and appointed Lord Lieutenant of Surrey in
William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace
William_King-Noel,_1st_Earl_of_Lovelace
German philosopher (1844–1900)
and I Marcion of Sinope Maimonides Adi Shankara Thomas Aquinas William of Ockham Early modern Augustin Calmet René Descartes Blaise Pascal Desiderius Erasmus
Friedrich_Nietzsche
Christian apostle and missionary (c. 5 – c. 64/65)
I Grosseteste Gundissalinus Hildegard Hugh Isidore Llull Lombard Martin Ockham Oresme Paschasius Roscellinus Scotus Siger Symeon Thierry Modern Agnesi
Paul_the_Apostle
14th-century English philosopher and theologian
Currently, Wodeham is best known for having been a secretary of William Ockham and for his interpretations of John Duns Scotus. But Wodeham was also an
Adam_of_Wodeham
British sceptic, folklorist, cultural anthropologist, and Ufologist
amounts of work in promoting science and scepticism. Starting that year, the Ockham Awards Ceremony has been an annual event at "QED – Question, Explore, Discover"
Deborah_Hyde
Early Christian and Jewish religious systems
and I Marcion of Sinope Maimonides Adi Shankara Thomas Aquinas William of Ockham Early modern Augustin Calmet René Descartes Blaise Pascal Desiderius Erasmus
Gnosticism
English lawyer and politician
admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society on 14 November 1728. He died at Ockham, Surrey, on 22 July 1734 and was buried in All Saints' Church. In 1735,
Peter_King,_1st_Baron_King
Philosophical question
Ockham (1285–1347) wrote extensively on this topic. He argued strongly that universals are a product of abstract human thought. According to Ockham,
Problem_of_universals
Epistemological theory that faith is independent of reason
Tertullian taught fideistic concepts such as the later philosophers William of Ockham and Søren Kierkegaard. Tertullian's De Carne Christi (On the Flesh of Christ])
Fideism
English mathematician (1815–1852)
married William King in 1835. King was a Baron, and was created Viscount Ockham and 1st Earl of Lovelace in 1838. The name Lovelace was chosen because Ada
Ada_Lovelace
Minesweeper of the Royal Navy
HMS Ockham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was
HMS_Ockham
Country in Southeast Asia and Oceania
"Identity of the National Film Festival in Indonesia". Revista Guillermo de Ockham. 23 (1): 157–173. doi:10.21500/22563202.7068. Forshee 2006, pp. 67–78. Forshee
Indonesia
British nobleman and author (1839–1906)
Viscount Ockham – who had succeeded his grandmother, Lady Byron, as 12th Baron Wentworth – Ralph became 13th Baron Wentworth and Viscount Ockham (the courtesy
Ralph King-Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace
Ralph_King-Milbanke,_2nd_Earl_of_Lovelace
Scottish Franciscan friar and philosopher (c. 1265/66–1308)
medieval period, together with Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure and William of Ockham. Duns Scotus has had considerable influence on both Catholic and secular
Duns_Scotus
Medieval school of philosophy
Peter Abelard, Alexander of Hales, Albertus Magnus, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, Bonaventure, and Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas's masterwork, Summa Theologica
Scholasticism
Abelard anticipated the modern theories of reference. Also, William of Ockham's Summa Logicae brought forward one of the first serious proposals for codifying
Philosophy_of_language
Philosophical tradition of the British people
Oxford Calculators. William of Ockham (c. 1288 – c. 1348) was an English Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher. Ockham advocated nominalism. He is
British_philosophy
Air traffic control mechanism
with the LAM VOR), which is situated adjacent to Stapleford Aerodrome. The Ockham stack in Surrey is for arrivals from the south west. It uses the RNAV waypoint
Heathrow_arrival_stacks
English philosopher, theologian and university chancellor
by William of Ockham. Lutterell presented this to Pope John XXII. Lutterell may have been given the task of compiling a report on Ockham's views. Even though
John_Lutterell
European history from the 5th to 15th centuries
Middle Ages, theologians such as John Duns Scotus (d. 1308) and William of Ockham (d. c. 1348) led a reaction against intellectualist scholasticism, objecting
Middle_Ages
Philosophy during the medieval period
Scotus, Peter of Spain, Aquinas, and Ockham. Writers on political theory include Dante, John Wyclif, and William of Ockham.[citation needed] Christian philosophy
Medieval_philosophy
Doubt about God's existence
representations of God's attributes are never fully adequate. Similarly, William of Ockham (c. 1287 – c. 1347 CE) argued that the human intellect is too limited to
Agnosticism
British peer (1951–2018)
Earl of Lovelace (26 November 1951 – 5 February 2018), styled Viscount Ockham before 1964, was a British peer. Lovelace succeeded his father, Peter King
Peter King, 5th Earl of Lovelace
Peter_King,_5th_Earl_of_Lovelace
Village in Surrey, England
London. Neighbouring villages Send and Send Marsh to the South-West and Ockham to the East have fewer shopping facilities. Lying on the main road from
Ripley,_Surrey
New Zealand literary award
The Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry is an award at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, presented annually to the winner of the poetry category. The
Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry
Mary_and_Peter_Biggs_Award_for_Poetry
demonstrative pronoun with a common name (cum termino communi). (William of Ockham) A term that is inherently about the object to which it applies or refers
Singular_term
New Zealand author (born 1991)
the Hubert Church prize for the best first book of fiction at the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards and the 2022 Aotearoa Booksellers' Choice Award
Rebecca_K_Reilly
That which makes or defines an entity
goodness, beauty, and justice. According to nominalists such as William of Ockham, universals are not concrete entities, just names (i.e., labels); there
Essence
Doctrine in Christian theology
Subsequent thinkers, including John of Damascus, Thomas Aquinas, and William of Ockham, further explored how God's providence, foreknowledge, and human freedom
Predestination
Indian hepatologist
in marketed supplements. His advocacy earned the 2025 Skeptical Activism Ockham Award from the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry for promoting evidence-based
Cyriac_Abby_Philips
Theory on projectile motion
impossibility of this, according to Ockham, invalidates the Aristotelian explanation of the movement of projectiles. So Ockham goes on to say: "I say therefore
Theory_of_impetus
New Zealand educational researcher and author
looking at relationships between Māori and Pākehā. She co-authored the 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards winner Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds. Kaa Jenkins
Kuni_Kaa_Jenkins
New Zealand novelist (born 1955)
winner Ockham New Zealand Book Award — Fiction – Coming Rain with a prize of $50,000 2024 shortlisted Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, Ockham New
Stephen_Daisley
New Zealand writer
was a bestseller, winning the 2017 Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards—the country's richest literary prize. Her fifth
Catherine_Chidgey
of the poverty of Christ and his apostles, famously leading William of Ockham to write against unlimited papal power. — 12 May 1328 – 25 July 1330 (2 years
List_of_popes
Alternate reality game
himself, he must prove himself to the captain, Mr. Ockham. A man named Talbot tells Captain Ockham that this is not acceptable. Talbot begins to question
Find_815
German philosopher and socialist (1818–1883)
and I Marcion of Sinope Maimonides Adi Shankara Thomas Aquinas William of Ockham Early modern Augustin Calmet René Descartes Blaise Pascal Desiderius Erasmus
Karl_Marx
Head of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013
I Grosseteste Gundissalinus Hildegard Hugh Isidore Llull Lombard Martin Ockham Oresme Paschasius Roscellinus Scotus Siger Symeon Thierry Modern Agnesi
Pope_Benedict_XVI
Ethical problem on the origin of morality posed by Socrates
commands] unless God commands otherwise." William of Ockham. Quodlibeta 3.13 William of Ockham. Reportata 4.16; see also Osborne 2005 D'Ailly, Pierre
Euthyphro_dilemma
Head of the Catholic Church from 1316 to 1334
promulgating multiple papal bulls to enforce his views. This led William of Ockham to write against unlimited papal power. Following a three-year process,
Pope_John_XXII
Village and civil parish in England
Horticultural Society's Wisley Garden. The River Wey runs through the village and Ockham and Wisley Commons form a large proportion of the parish on a high acid
Wisley
Tall, narrow window with a pointed arch at its top
windows in Hexham Priory, Northumberland. A group of seven stepped lancets at Ockham church, Surrey. Lancet window at St. Mary Roman Catholic Church, Long Island
Lancet_window
Italian philosopher (c. 1275–1342)
protection, including Michael of Cesena and the philosopher William of Ockham, an advocate of an early form of church and state separation. In 1326, Marsilius
Marsilius_of_Padua
American philosopher
science, and logic: collected papers, 1933-1969. 1965 Gulielmi Ockham (William of Ockham, ca. 1285-ca. 1349.) Expositionis in libros artis logicae prooemium;
Ernest_Addison_Moody
New Zealand writer (born 1982)
Snakes, won the Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards in 2016. In 2022, he was appointed as the New Zealand
Chris Tse (New Zealand writer)
Chris_Tse_(New_Zealand_writer)
Precursors to the Protestant Reformation
ISBN 978-0-7391-7323-7. Ockham), William (of (2021-05-06). William of Ockham: Questions on Virtue, Goodness, and the Will William Ockham: Qstns Virt Gdn Will
Proto-Protestantism
Basketball team in Guildford, Surrey
Farley Green Gomshall Guildford Holmbury St Mary Jacobs Well Merrow Normandy Ockham Peaslake Pirbright Puttenham Ripley St Martha Seale Send Shackleford Shalford
Surrey_89ers
(died 524), Avicenna (died 1037), Thomas Aquinas (died 1274) and William of Ockham (died 1347) further developed Aristotle's logic in the Middle Ages, reaching
History_of_logic
New Zealand writer and academic
All Her Lives won the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. The judges said "Emotionally intelligent and historically
Ingrid_Horrocks
German philosopher (1770–1831)
and I Marcion of Sinope Maimonides Adi Shankara Thomas Aquinas William of Ockham Early modern Augustin Calmet René Descartes Blaise Pascal Desiderius Erasmus
Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegel
Artist, architect, and author (died 1941)
cottages on her husband’s properties at Ockham Park, Surrey, and Ashley Combe, Somerset. According to the “Historic Ockham” Facebook group, she designed the
Mary King-Milbanke, Countess of Lovelace
Mary_King-Milbanke,_Countess_of_Lovelace
Period of European thought (1355–1650)
by notable figures such as Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas, William of Ockham, and Marsilius of Padua, and early modern philosophy, which conventionally
Renaissance_philosophy
German canon regular and scholar (1420/5-1495)
Erfurt emphasizing William of Ockham. Because of his reliance on the scholastic tradition, as well as William of Ockham's nominalist views, he is often
Gabriel_Biel
Meta-ethical theory of morality
historically, figures including Saint Augustine, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham and Søren Kierkegaard have presented various versions of divine command
Divine_command_theory
American philosopher and priest (1943–2017)
1977. Adams, Marilyn McCord and Norman Kretzman, eds. and trans. William Ockham's Predestination, God's Foreknowledge, and Future Contingents. 2nd ed. Indianapolis
Marilyn_McCord_Adams
Christian theology that defends Christianity against objections
continuing with writers such as Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham and Anselm of Canterbury during Scholasticism. Blaise Pascal was an active
Christian_apologetics
English mathematician and philosopher (1872–1970)
and I Marcion of Sinope Maimonides Adi Shankara Thomas Aquinas William of Ockham Early modern Augustin Calmet René Descartes Blaise Pascal Desiderius Erasmus
Bertrand_Russell
Indian physician, philosopher, spiritual leader (1888–1969)
and I Marcion of Sinope Maimonides Adi Shankara Thomas Aquinas William of Ockham Early modern Augustin Calmet René Descartes Blaise Pascal Desiderius Erasmus
Anukulchandra_Chakravarty
(1243–1316) Ibn Taymiyyah (1263–1328) Marsilius of Padua (1270–1342) William of Ockham, OFM (1285–1349) Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) Christine de Pizan (1363–1434)
List of political philosophers
List_of_political_philosophers
Sri Lankan-born New Zealand lawyer and writer
2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards novel of the year. His fifth novel published in 2017, Sodden Downstream, was shortlisted for the 2018 Ockham New Zealand
Brannavan_Gnanalingam
County of England
up in Guildford. William of Ockham (c. 1288–1347), scholastic philosopher, most famous for "Occam's Razor", came from Ockham. Thomas Malthus (1766–1834)
Surrey
13th/14th-century Italian Franciscan minister-general and theologian
Ockham to his cause. Several prelates and princes wrote to the pope on Cesena's behalf. In the following year, Michael of Cesena, William of Ockham and
Michael_of_Cesena
John Duns Scotus (1266–1308) William of Alnwick (1275–1333) William of Ockham (1287–1347) William of Ware (1290–1305) Henry Suso (1295–1366) Jean Buridan
List of Catholic philosophers and theologians
List_of_Catholic_philosophers_and_theologians
New Zealand writer
Ruin, won the Hubert Church Best First Book Award for fiction at the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Hislop is of Kāi Tahu descent and grew up in the
Emma_Hislop
English educational reformer and philanthropist (1792–1860)
Lovelace, and the couple had three children, Byron King-Noel, Viscount Ockham and 12th Baron Wentworth; Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth, who brought
Lady_Byron
Capital of Bavaria, Germany
Nacken (1855–1940), philanthropist David Dalhoff Neal, painter William of Ockham, English medieval philosopher Georg Ohm, physicist Marsilius of Padua, Italian
Munich
Mysticism and reforms Ramon Llull Duns Scotus Dante Alighieri William of Ockham Richard Rolle John of Ruusbroec Catherine of Siena Bridget of Sweden Meister
Horologium_Sapientiae
English theologian and cardinal (1801–1890)
I Grosseteste Gundissalinus Hildegard Hugh Isidore Llull Lombard Martin Ockham Oresme Paschasius Roscellinus Scotus Siger Symeon Thierry Modern Agnesi
John_Henry_Newman
Faulty deductive reasoning due to a logical flaw
Aristotle, On Sophistical Refutations, De Sophistici Elenchi. William of Ockham, Summa of Logic (ca. 1323) Part III.4. John Buridan, Summulae de dialectica
Formal_fallacy
Aerial theatre company
Ockham's Razor Theatre Company is a British aerial theatre company. Their critically acclaimed work combines circus and theatre, and they specialise in
Ockham's Razor Theatre Company
Ockham's_Razor_Theatre_Company
English scholastic philosopher (1270s–1340s)
clerical courtier in England and Avignon. Burley disagreed with William of Ockham on a number of points concerning logic and natural philosophy. He was known
Walter_Burley
Pair of logical equivalences
Greek and Medieval logicians. For example, in the 14th century, William of Ockham wrote down the words that would result by reading the laws out. Jean Buridan
De_Morgan's_laws
Railway station in Surrey, England
also serves the village of West Horsley, as well as the nearby villages of Ockham and Ripley. The station is managed by South Western Railway, who provide
Horsley_railway_station
Philosophical study of being
ontological theories rather than guiding their construction. The principle of Ockham's Razor says that simple theories are preferable. A theory can be simple
Ontology
Argument for the belief in God
and I Marcion of Sinope Maimonides Adi Shankara Thomas Aquinas William of Ockham Early modern Augustin Calmet René Descartes Blaise Pascal Desiderius Erasmus
Pascal's_wager
2001 film by Michel Gondry
credits appear. The first is an excerpt of William of Ockham from Opera Theologica in which Ockham explains his theory of intuitive cognition: Intuitive
Human_Nature_(2001_film)
Latin slogan and legal maxim
genuine need. Dialogus, a text written in the 14th century by William of Ockham, also used the specific Latin phrase omnia sunt communia. The same principle
Omnia_sunt_communia
OCKHAM
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Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Victorious
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from the personal name mentioned at Alder 2 or a variant of the topographic name Alder.Dutch : patronymic from the personal name Aldert (see Alderink).
Boy/Male
Hindu
Female
Native American
Native American Cheyenne name MIGISI means "eagle."
Boy/Male
French
Strong.
Male
French
Variant spelling of French Rodolphe, RODOLPH means "famous wolf."
Girl/Female
American, British, English, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Swedish
Consecrated to God; Abbreviation of Elizabeth; God's Promise; God is My Oath
Boy/Male
Tamil
Nishikesh | நீஷீகேஷÂ
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Lord Vishnu; One who is Free of All Sin and Achieved Salvation
Male
Iranian/Persian
(بهرام) Persian name BAHRAM means "smiter of resistance" or "victorious." This is also a name for the planet Mars. In mythology, this is the name of an angel.
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OCKHAM
OCKHAM
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