Ockham

American  

[ok-uhm] / ˈɒk əm /

noun

1. William of. Occam.

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Ockham British  

/ ˈɒkəm /

noun

1. William of. died ?1349, English nominalist philosopher, who contested the temporal power of the papacy and ended the conflict between nominalism and realism See Ockham's razor

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Example Sentences

By “entities,” Ockham meant concepts or mechanisms or moving parts.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

The husband and wife fled across the Atlantic in December that year, settling first in Ockham, Surrey, before making their home at 26 Cambridge Grove, a mid-Victorian House in Hammersmith, west London.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2021

Named for 14th-century philosopher William of Ockham, Occam’s razor is the scientific principle that “entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity.”

From Scientific American • Sep. 25, 2021

Simplicity and parsimony as formulated by Ockham become elegance and truth among Einstein and his contemporaries.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2021

De Vinne gives the following astonishing example, said to be taken practically at random from a Latin copy of the Logic of Ockham printed at Paris in 1488.

From Abbreviations and Signs A Primer of Information about Abbreviations and Signs, with Classified Lists of Those in Most Common Use by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)