Medieval · c. 1287–1347
Who influenced William of Ockham?
Influences and legacy
Nominalist razor in hand, he pared universals away and split faith from reason.
William of Ockham was influenced by Roger Bacon and Duns Scotus, and went on to influence Jean Buridan. That is 3 lines of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.
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Who was William of Ockham?
William of Ockham was an English Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher who stood at the centre of the great intellectual and political disputes of the 14th century. He wrote major works on logic, physics and theology, and the nominalists of the 15th century counted him among their founders.
He is best known for Occam's razor, the methodological principle named after him. The Church of England commemorates him on 10 April, the date usually given for his death.
Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.
Who influenced William of Ockham?
2 direct influences on this map, earliest first.
- Roger Bacon c. 1219–1292
- Duns Scotus c. 1266–1308
Who did William of Ockham influence?
1 thinker on this map draws directly on William of Ockham.
- Jean Buridan c. 1300–1361
The line of teachers behind William of Ockham
The longest documented line of influence ending at William of Ockham runs 15 generations back, to Thales of Miletus.
Two steps away from William of Ockham
Indirect influences
- Through Duns Scotus: Henry of Ghent, Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas
- Through Roger Bacon: Robert Grosseteste
The second generation
- Through Jean Buridan: Nicole Oresme
Contemporaries of William of Ockham
Thinkers on this map born within 25 years of William of Ockham, with no direct line between them.
- Gersonides 1288–1344
William of Ockham by the numbers
- Direct influences
- 2
- Direct followers
- 1
- Thinkers upstream
- 48
- Thinkers downstream
- 2
- Wikipedia languages
- 78 — #14 of 58 among medieval philosophers
- Card rarity
- Epic
Schools and lineages
- Scholastics: Anselm of Canterbury, Peter Abelard, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, Meister Eckhart, Jean Buridan
Questions about William of Ockham
- Who influenced William of Ockham?
- Roger Bacon and Duns Scotus.
- Who did William of Ockham influence?
- Jean Buridan.
- When did William of Ockham live?
- c. 1287–1347. The map files William of Ockham under the medieval period.
- How rare is the William of Ockham card?
- Wikipedia carries an article on William of Ockham in 78 languages, which makes it an Epic card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.
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