![]() It has to be noted, however, that there is a common parlance which is that of the broad community and there is also a common parlance ( usus loquendi ) among philosophers and patristic and medieval theologians when they speak or write. ![]() As late as 1972, this airfield was in service as a satellite fit-out and flight test centre for Vickers and latterly the British Aircraft Corporation, linked to their main factory and airfield at nearby Brooklands, Weybridge, capable of taking aircraft as large as the VC10.Īlthough the airfield is disused, the aviation connection remains: it is the location of OCK, a VOR navigational beacon which anchors the South West Arrival Stack for London Heathrow Airport, which along with Biggin Hill, Kent, Bovingdon, Hertfordshire and Lambourne, Essex are London's main holds. Ockham’s message is that even philosophers and theologians at times speak according to a common parlance. Ockham Common, to the north east of the village, is the site of the disused Wisley Airfield, which has a paved 2 km runway. Most notably, Ockham is believed to be the birthplace of William of Ockham-famous Mediaeval philosopher and the proponent of Occam's razor-and, more recently, Ada Lovelace lived at Ockham Park. Occams razor, also spelled Ockhams razor, also called law of economy or law of parsimony, principle stated by the Scholastic philosopher William of Ockham. Its domesday assets were: 1½ hides, 1 church, 2 fisheries worth 10d, 3 ploughs, 2 acres of meadow, woodland worth 60 hogs. Ockham appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Bocheham. Other neighbouring villages include Ripley, Wisley and Effingham. The village lies to the east of the A3 between Cobham and Guildford. Ockham is a small village near East Horsley, in Surrey, England. Freebase (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition:
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