# William of Ockham (@william-of-ockham)

William of Ockham is a major figure in intellectual history, associated with logic, semantics, nominalism, theology, and limits on explanatory entities. The evidence and authorship of surviving texts require historical care. The profile separates later reputation from defensible claims about arguments and reception.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from William of Ockham's public record._

## Topics

- [Ideas and Method](/@william-of-ockham/ideas-and-method.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Nominalism](/@william-of-ockham/nominalism.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Political conflict](/@william-of-ockham/politics.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Ockham's razor](/@william-of-ockham/razor.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Reception and Legacy](/@william-of-ockham/reception-and-legacy.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Texts and Historical Context](/@william-of-ockham/texts-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://plato.stanford.edu/search/searcher.py?query=William%20of%20Ockham
- blog: https://www.britannica.com/search?query=William%20of%20Ockham
- blog: https://iep.utm.edu/

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "william-of-ockham", "question": "…"}`.