Ockham explained: from razor to rebellion

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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…

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Full title :Ockham explained : from razor to rebellion / Rondo Keele.

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Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Open Court
Place of Publication:Chicago
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (190 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780812697100, 0812697103
oclc:ocn727646897
LC Classification:B765.O34
Dewey Decimal:171/.7

Student, teacher, thief, exile : worthy beginner, invincible doctor -- The young man (birth-1302) : Aristotle, the church, and the medieval university -- The student (1302-1317) : Ockham's early philosophy of language -- The teacher at Oxford (1317-1319) : Ockham's connotation theory -- The teacher attacked (1319-1321): razors and anti-razors -- The teacher responds (1321-1323) : physics and motion -- The teacher interrupted (1323-1328) : Ockham's showdown with the Pope -- The exile in Munich (1328-1347) : Ockham's political theory -- Ockham's influence and legacy.

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Biographies Philosophers, Medieval Philosophers, Medieval -- Biography Philosophes médiévaux -- Biographies Philosophie médiévale PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys Philosophy, Medieval William of Ockham