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Period: 1285 to Apr 10, 1347
William of Ockham
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1323
"The Summa of Ockham" by William of Ockham summary
William of Ockham brought to the field a new way of looking at things. He viewed the world through a simple explanation. If it's the simplest and easy way, then it must be the right way. I am very sure that Karl Popper could easily disagree with this notion from observation we can discern that it is not always the simplest way. He wanted to find a solution to problem-solving principle. -
1323
"The Summa of Ockham" by William of Ockham summary pt 2
William of Ockham once said, "The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.” It's such a clever idea because you could validate it as well disagree with it. Water follows the path of least resistance. As well that there are things that could be directly affecting the behavior of said such a thing. If one to really follow this idea of thinking that one could be led away from falsifiability and down the path of pseadu-science. -
1323
The Summa of Logic by William of Ockham
Around 1323, William of Ockham wrote the textbook, "The Summa of Logic". -
1323
The Summa of Ockham Summary pt 3
William of Ockham developed the theory which he called Occam's razor. It states that when you have competing theories for a problem, one should choose the solution with fewer assumptions. The reason he believed this is because it is easier to test or shown its falsifiability of a theory than one which is could infinitely more complex. For just being a friar, he had an incredible mind of outward looking. -
1488
Dates and citations
Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard (1317–18)
Seven Quodlibets (based on London disputations held in 1322–24, but revised and edited in Avignon 1324–25).
Expositions of Porphyry's Isagoge and of Aristotle's Categories, On Interpretation, and Sophistic Refutations (1321–24).
Summa of Logic (c. 1323–25). A large, independent and systematic treatment of logic and semantics.
Treatise on Predestination and God's Foreknowledge with Respect to Future Contingents (1321–24). -
1489
Dates and citations 2
Exposition of Aristotle's Physics (1322–24). A detailed, close commentary. Incomplete.
Questions on Aristotle's Books of the Physics (before 1324). Not strictly a commentary, this work nevertheless discusses a long series of questions arising out of Aristotle's Physics.
Eight Questions on the Power of the Pope (1340–41).
The Work of Ninety Days (1332–34).
Letter to the Friars Minor (1334).
Short Discourse (1341–42).
Dialogue (c. 1334–46). -
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