What philosophical approach is William of Ockham associated with?
Empiricism
Rationalism
Nominalism
Idealism
Answer
Nominalism, the philosophical approach associated with William of Ockham, holds that only individual objects exist, and that universals (such as "humanity" or "redness") are merely names or concepts that we use to refer to collections of similar objects. Ockham argued that positing universals as real entities was unnecessary and led to unnecessary complexity in philosophical explanations.
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