The dog is a two-syllable / is a quadruped
"Supponit Pro Aliquo" (William of Occam)
The name is what we really know. The alleged essences of things are not intrinsic to things, but they are only one way to classify
theory of nominalism explained by William of Occam in the "Summa totius Logical"
The core of the thought of William of Occam is the doctrine of suppositio (= the theory of meaning).
suppositio of various types, the main
· formalis - when using a term for the genre or form of that - eg. Latrat Canis (Canis understood as a breed of dog)
· personalis - indicates when a term is a specific thing or person - eg. Latrat Canis (Canis heard a dog that I can see, given)
· Materialise - When a term is used so autonimo (= name of itself) - eg. 'Dog' is a syllable. In these cases, according to the contemporary logic you have to put the word in quotation marks.
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