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William is friend of Occam, admirer of Bacon, devotee of Aristotle, and consumate practitioner of Thomistic analysis.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2016

Thomistic philosophy at Catholic colleges; U of San Diego & Loyola; business, math/stat.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2010

A nonsmoking, ascetic teetotaler, he relaxed by dabbling in Thomistic theology or solving quadratic equations, and often seemed a misfit among his boisterous Celtic countrymen.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was a reserved scholar who liked to solve mathematical problems, study Thomistic philosophy, play an organ.

From Time Magazine Archive

As for the argument from design, it was fundamentally different from the traditional Thomistic argument, which held that the universe was imbued with purpose, and that the ultimate purpose was to be found in God.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton