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William of Ockham (d. 1347) Table of Contents (Clicking on the links below will take you to that part of this article) Life Writings Nominalism Nature of God Reason and Authority Christology Church and State Life William of Ockham, the Franciscan school man, nominalist, and doctor invincibilis, was born at Ockham in 1280 and died in Munich on April 10, 1349. Of his early life, little is known.

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William of Ockham, Ordinatio, I, dist. 2, q. 6. Copyright 1996 R.J. Kilcullen Translated by John Kilcullen from Guillelmi de Ockham, Scriptum in librum primum Sententiarum ordinatio, vol. 2, ed. S. Brown and G. Gal (St Bonaventure, 1970). References come from that edition. Material in ((double)) brackets is marked in that edition as an addition made by Ockham in revising his work. Material in is ...

Ockham and Infallibility John Kilcullen (Reproduced with the editor's permission from The Journal of Religious History, 16 (1991), pp. 387-409; revised. (JHI is published by Blackwells) Copyright 1995, R.J. Kilcullen. During the night of May 26th, 1328, Michael of Cesena, Minister General of the Franciscan Order, accompanied by several members of his order including William of Ockham, fled from ...

Macquarie University PHIL360 Later Medieval Philosophy Tape 8: Ockham on Universals Copyright 1996 R.J. Kilcullen This tape deals with Ockham's treatment of the problem of universals. To follow this lecture you will need a printout of William of Ockham, Ordinatio, I, dist. 2, q. 6, and William of Ockham, Philosophical Writings, ed. P. Boehner (Edinburgh: Nelson, 1957), pp. 41-45. The problem ...

William of Ockham (1285 - 1347 or 1349) b. 1285, Ockham, Surrey, England d. 1347 or 1349, Munich, Bavaria The Pope can be convicted of heresy, if he solemnly defines an error against the faith and asserts that it should be held by Christians. The small village of Ockham, a few miles from the place where the A3 meets the M25 today, was the birthplace of one of the most influential of all medi ...