This philosopher claimed that the statement "a chimera is an animal composed of a goat and an ox" is impossible because of the implication that such a hybrid is possible.
This philosopher claimed that the statement "a chimera is an animal composed of a goat and an ox" is impossible because of the implication that such a hybrid is possible. He argued that seven out of the ten categories of Aristotle were devoid of any entities. This author discussed logical problems in the Quodlibets, which he wrote after he called John XXII a heretic for rejecting the doctrine of Apostolic Poverty. This author approved only one book of his commentary on Lombard's Sentences, which he wrote while at Oxford. He wrote the Summa of Logic and postulated that nothing should be assumed or multiplied more than necessary, the only necessary thing being God in his case since he was a Franciscan friar. For 10 points, name this Scholastic postulator of a namesake "razor."
This philosopher claimed that the statement "a chimera is an animal composed of a goat and an ox" is impossible because of the implication that such a hybrid is possible.
William of Ockham