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'''William of Ockham''' (c. 1287-c. 1347) was a late Medieval philosopher and Franciscan friar. He is perhaps best known for '''Occam's Razor''' , a philosophical concept which states that the most simple explanation is always more likely to be the true explanation unless evidence demands a more complicated one. This is vital in the philosophy of science.  
 
'''William of Ockham''' (c. 1287-c. 1347) was a late Medieval philosopher and Franciscan friar. He is perhaps best known for '''Occam's Razor''' , a philosophical concept which states that the most simple explanation is always more likely to be the true explanation unless evidence demands a more complicated one. This is vital in the philosophy of science.  
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Ockham is also known for arguing that natural theology (that is, arguing for God's existence using logic) is completely futile as a subject. Nevertheless, Ockham's entire philosophical system is essentially based on God as a necessary, all-powerful and all-knowing being by whom all possibilities have their grounding.  
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Ockham is also known for arguing that natural theology (that is, arguing for God's existence using logic) is completely futile as a subject. Nevertheless, Ockham's entire philosophical system is essentially based on God as a necessary, all-powerful and all-knowing being by whom all possibilities have their grounding. Ockham is also well-known for his espousal of a view called '''nominalism''', the view that abstract platonic objects and/or essences do not exist but are just made-up conceptions in the human mind.
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When he died, he was most likely a victim of the first wave of Black Death in Europe. 
    
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