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First it must be known that only a spoken word or a conventional sign is an equivocal or univocal term; therefore a mental content or concept is, strictly speaking, neither equivocal nor univocal. - William of Occam
Attribution: William of Occam (c. 1285–1349), British philosopher, theologian. Trans. by and ed. Philotheus Boehner, Indianapolis, The Library of Liberal Arts (1964). Philosophical Writings, p. 63.

Categories: Language, Philosopher, Theologian

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