Dialogue

Name: Dialogue
Author: William of Ockham

by William of Ockham

Political dialogue defending imperial authority against papal supremacy

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William of Ockham

English Franciscan philosopher whose principle of parsimony—Ockham's Razor—remains the most quoted methodological rule in science and philosophy. His nominalism denied the existence of universals, shaping the empiricist tradition. He was excommunicated for opposing papal authority.

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