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On some interpretations about the relationships between Ockham's philosophy and the physics of the modern age

In this paper we analyze some of the many interpretations defending a relation between modern philosophy, empiricism and ockhamian physics. Trying to clarify some assumptions of these interpretations, we intend to point out some of its limits, trying to achieve a more accurate description of the problem faced by them

William of Ockham; Physics; Aristotelianism; empiricism; Middle Ages; Modern Ages


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