Philosopher vs Ockhamistic - What's the difference?
philosopher | ockhamistic |
A person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy.
* 2007 , (Harold Bloom), Bloom's Modern Critical Views: Stephen King
*:Their playwrights knew better. Scandal, murder, hair-rending and railing against the gods sold tickets. King is not a philosopher . He knows how to sell tickets.
* 1813 , (Jane Austen), (Pride and Prejudice)
*:This is not the sort of happiness which a man would in general wish to owe to his wife; but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.
(obsolete) An alchemist.
Of or pertaining to , 13th-14th century English Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher.
* 2000 , Torben Braüner, Per Hasle, and Peter Øhstrøm, "
As a noun philosopher
is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy.As an adjective ockhamistic is
of or pertaining to , 13th-14th century english franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher.philosopher
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Alternative forms
* phylosopher (nonstandard)Noun
(en noun)- (Chaucer)
Antonyms
* nonphilosopherReferences
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Adjective
(en adjective)Determinism and the Origins of Temporal Logic", pages 185-206 in'' Howard Barringer, Michael Fisher, Dov Gabbay, and Graham Gough, editors, ''Advances in Temporal Logic , Applied Logic Series 16, Kluwer Academic Publishers,
- Furthermore, the treatment of determinism in two of Prior's proposed temporal systems, namely the Ockhamistic and Peircean systems, is investigated.