Ockham Explained

2010 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Rondo Keele
Release : 2010
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Download or read book Ockham Explained written by Rondo Keele. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ockham Explained is an important and much-needed resource on William of Ockham, one of the most important philosophers of the Middle Ages. His eventful and controversial life was marked by sharp career moves and academic and ecclesiastical battles. At 28, Ockham was a conservative English theologian focused obsessively on the nature of language, but by 40, he had transformed into a fugitive friar, accused of heresy, and finally protected by the German emperor as he composed incendiary treatises calling for strong limits on papal authority. This book provides a thorough grounding in Ockham's life and his many contributions to philosophy. It begins with an overview of the philosopher's youth and the Aristotelian philosophy he studied as a boy. Subsequent chapters cover his ideas on language and logic; his metaphysics and vaunted "razor," as well as his opponents' "anti-razor" theories; his invention of the church-state separation; and much more. The concluding chapter sums up Ockham's compelling philosophical personality and explains his modern appeal.

Ockham Explained

2010-05-01 Philosophy

Author : Rondo Keele
Release : 2010-05-01
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 103/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Ockham Explained written by Rondo Keele. This book was released on 2010-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ockham Explained is an important and much-needed resource on William of Ockham, one of the most important philosophers of the Middle Ages. His eventful and controversial life was marked by sharp career moves and academic and ecclesiastical battles. At 28, Ockham was a conservative English theologian focused obsessively on the nature of language, but by 40, he had transformed into a fugitive friar, accused of heresy, and finally protected by the German emperor as he composed incendiary treatises calling for strong limits on papal authority. This book provides a thorough grounding in Ockham’s life and his many contributions to philosophy. It begins with an overview of the philosopher's youth and the Aristotelian philosophy he studied as a boy. Subsequent chapters cover his ideas on language and logic; his metaphysics and vaunted "razor," as well as his opponents’ "anti-razor" theories; his invention of the church-state separation; and much more. The concluding chapter sums up Ockham's compelling philosophical personality and explains his modern appeal.

Ethical Marxism

2008 Communism

Author : Bill Martin
Release : 2008
Genre : Communism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 509/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Ethical Marxism written by Bill Martin. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Argues for a revised Marxism that takes ethics rather than political economy and scientific investigation as its core"--Provided by publisher.

Ockham's Razors

2015-07-23 Science

Author : Elliott Sober
Release : 2015-07-23
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 53X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Ockham's Razors written by Elliott Sober. This book was released on 2015-07-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Human Action in Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham

2014 Philosophy

Author : Thomas Michael Osborne
Release : 2014
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 781/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Human Action in Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham written by Thomas Michael Osborne. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets out a thematic presentation of human action, especially as it relates to morality, in the three most significant figures in Medieval Scholastic thought: Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham

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