Lived from 1280 to 1349 Born in the town of Ockham in Surrey,
England Member of Franciscan order Studied theology at Oxford
Awesome with logic
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Universals: a common name for objects or things, like redness
or wealth Metaphysical: beyond the physical realm Nominalism:
theory of mind and language; universals are just names for
convenient categorizations of the world for realistic interaction
with them Empiricism: true knowledge only comes through the
senses
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The concept of the living thing subsumed under intuition is the
animal. For since this subsumption itself is one-sided, not
intuition subsumed under the concept in the like way over again,
life here is an empirically real, infinitely dispersed life,
displaying itself in the most manifold forms. For the form or the
absolute concept is not itself unity or universality again. Thus
here there is an individuality without intelligence, not, as in the
case of the plant, where each unit of the individual is itself a
mass of such units; on the contrary, here there is indifference in
more extended difference and distinction. -Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
Hegel
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Ockham was all about
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Way of thinking that would guide empiricists in the future and
influence the scientific method Plurality is not to be assumed
without necessity, Do not multiply entities beyond necessity
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How a watch works
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Moms not home
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Many thought he was trying to do away with the Trinity
ACTUALLY, he was trying to eliminate metaphysics and prevent any
limits to be set on Gods true power His thoughts strengthened
theology: prevented metaphysical ideas
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The only trustworthy knowledge available to man was revealed
knowledge or knowledge acquired through the senses Therefore,
theres no such thing as the metaphysical
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His logic went against Aristotle and his formal and final
causes He wanted a mechanistic view of causality: parts affecting
parts, like a machine Disallowed traditional proofs of Gods
existence
