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Nominalism --- Nominalisme --- William, --- Buridan, Jean, --- Nicolaus, --- Gregory, --- HISTOIRE DES DOCTRINES --- GUILLAUME D'OCKHAM, THEOLOGIEN ET PHILOSOPHE ANGLAIS, 1295?-1349? --- NOMINALISME --- PHILOSOPHIE MEDIEVALE --- 600-1500 (MOYEN AGE) --- HISTOIRE

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In William Ockham on Metaphysics , Jenny Pelletier offers an account of Ockham's concept of metaphysics as it emerges throughout his philosophical and theological work. She argues that Ockham (c. 1287-1347) believed metaphysics to be a fruitful branch of philosophy and gives a preliminary description of its distinctive subject-matter. Metaphysics is the science that studies all beings and their most general properties. Ockham was considered by some to be profoundly skeptical of metaphysics. Recent scholarship tends to focus on regional metaphysical issues (e.g. universals, relations), logic or semantics, theory of cognition, concepts, mental language. Jenny Pelletier provides a positive interpretation of Ockham on metaphysics as such that enriches our current understanding of this seminal medieval thinker.

Metaphysics. --- Guillaume d'Ockham, --- William, --- Métaphysique --- 1 GUILELMUS DE OCCAM --- Filosofie. Psychologie--GUILELMUS DE OCCAM --- 1 GUILELMUS DE OCCAM Filosofie. Psychologie--GUILELMUS DE OCCAM --- Guglielmo, --- Guilelmus, --- Guilhelmus, --- Guillelmus, --- Gulielmus, --- Occam, --- Occam, Guillaume d', --- Occam, William, --- Occamus, Guilielmus, --- Occhamus, Gulielmus, --- Ockam, Guilhelmus de, --- Ockham, William, --- Okkam, Uilʹi︠a︡m, --- Okkʻam, William, --- Wilhelm, --- William Okkʻam, --- God --- Ontology --- Philosophy --- Philosophy of mind --- Guillaume, --- Metaphysics --- Métaphysique --- Guillermo, --- Guillaume d'Ockham --- Métaphysique. --- William, - of Ockham, - approximately 1285-approximately 1349

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William, --- Eglise et Etat --- Papes --- Eglise --- Eglise catholique --- Pouvoir temporel --- Autorite --- Political science --- Church and state --- Papacy --- Eglise et Etat - Eglise catholique - Ouvrages avant 1800 --- Papes - Pouvoir temporel - Ouvrages avant 1800 --- Eglise - Autorite - Ouvrages avant 1800 --- Political science - Early works to 1800 --- Guillaume D'Ockham, théologien et philosophe anglais, 1295?-1349? --- Philosophie politique --- Pensée politique et sociale --- Sources --- Histoire --- 14e siècle

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Ockham's razor, the principle of parsimony, states that simpler theories are better than theories that are more complex. It has a history dating back to Aristotle and it plays an important role in current physics, biology, and psychology. The razor also gets used outside of science - in everyday life and in philosophy. This book evaluates the principle and discusses its many applications. Fascinating examples from different domains provide a rich basis for contemplating the principle's promises and perils. It is obvious that simpler theories are beautiful and easy to understand; the hard problem is to figure out why the simplicity of a theory should be relevant to saying what the world is like. In this book, the ABCs of probability theory are succinctly developed and put to work to describe two 'parsimony paradigms' within which this problem can be solved.

Logic --- Ockham, of, William --- Reasoning --- Problem Solving --- Simplicity (Philosophy) --- Philosophy, Medieval --- Guilelmus de Occam, --- Simplicité (philosophie) --- Principe d'économie (philosophie) --- Résolution de problème --- Guillaume d'Ockham, --- Reasoning. --- Problem solving. --- Philosophy, Medieval. --- William, --- Simplicity (Philosophy). --- Résolution de problème. --- Guilelmus de Occam, - ca. 1285-1349 --- Medieval philosophy --- Scholasticism --- Philosophy --- Methodology --- Psychology --- Decision making --- Executive functions (Neuropsychology) --- Argumentation --- Ratiocination --- Reason --- Thought and thinking --- Judgment (Logic) --- Guglielmo, --- Guilelmus, --- Guilhelmus, --- Guillaume, --- Guillelmus, --- Guillermo, --- Occam, --- Occam, Guillaume d', --- Occam, William, --- Occamus, Guilielmus, --- Occhamus, Gulielmus, --- Ockam, Guilhelmus de, --- Ockham, William, --- Okkam, Uilʹi︠a︡m, --- Okkʻam, William, --- Wilhelm, --- William Okkʻam,

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The English Franciscan William of Ockham (c.1285-1347) was one of the most influential philosophers and theologians in late medieval Europe. Fresh scholarship has shown his profound impact on logic, metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of language in the late Middle Ages and beyond. Following a dispute between the papacy and his Order, Ockham abandoned his academic career and devoted himself to anti-papal polemics. Scholars have produced divergent and often contradictory interpretations of Ockham as a political thinker: a destructive critic of the medieval Church, a medieval Catholic traditionalist, the Franciscan ideologue, and a constitutional liberal. This 2007 book offers a fresh reappraisal of Ockham's political thought by approaching his anti-papal writings as a series of polemical responses. His aggressive and persistent attack on the papacy emerges in this study as an attempt to rescue the ethical foundations of the Christian society from the political influences of heretical popes.

William, --- Political and social views. --- Engeland. --- Political science --- History --- Philosophy --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Guglielmo, --- Guilelmus, --- Guilhelmus, --- Guillaume, --- Guillelmus, --- Gulielmus, --- Occam, --- Occam, Guillaume d', --- Occam, William, --- Occamus, Guilielmus, --- Occhamus, Gulielmus, --- Ockam, Guilhelmus de, --- Ockham, William, --- Okkam, Uilʹi︠a︡m, --- Okkʻam, William, --- Wilhelm, --- William Okkʻam, --- Guillermo, --- Middle Ages. --- Philosophy. --- Dark Ages --- History, Medieval --- Medieval history --- Medieval period --- Middle Ages --- World history, Medieval --- World history --- Civilization, Medieval --- Medievalism --- Renaissance --- Political philosophy --- Arts and Humanities --- Political science - History - To 1500. --- Political science - Philosophy - History - To 1500. --- William, - of Ockham, - ca. 1285-ca. 1349 - Political and social views. --- Guillaume d'Ockham (1285?-1349?) --- Science politique --- Critique et interprétation --- Influence --- Moyen âge --- 20e siècle --- William, - of Ockham, - ca. 1285-ca. 1349