William of Ockham
English philosopher
William of Ockham or Occam OFM was an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher, apologist, and Catholic theologian, who is believed to have been born in Ockham, a small village in Surrey. Wikipedia
Born: 1285, Ockham Civil Parish, United Kingdom
Died: April 10, 1347 (age 62 years), Munich, Germany
Influenced by: Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, Duns Scotus, and more
Education: Greyfriars, London
Main interests: Natural philosophy; metaphysics; epistemology; theology; logic; ontology; politics; Theological voluntarism
Notable ideas: Occam's razor; Nominalism; Empiricism;