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Who Was William Of Ockham?

Who Was William Of Ockham?

William of Ockham, also known as Ockham, was a medieval English philosopher and theologian born in the late 13th century. He is best known for his adherence to the principle of parsimony, often expressed as "Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily." Ockham was a Franciscan friar, and his philosophical contributions played a significant role in the development of scholastic thought during the Middle Ages.

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