Adams, Marilyn McCord. "Ockham on Identity and Distinction." Franciscan Studies 36, Annual XIV (1976): 5-74.

Analyzes Ockham's understanding of sameness and distinction, Duns Scotus's idea of formal distinction, and Ockham's critique of Scotus's view.

——. "Ockham's Nominalism and Unreal Entities." The Philosophical Review LXXXVI, No. 2 (1977): 144-76.

Examines Ockham's arguments in favor of the objective-existence theory, and his reasoning in later abandoning it.

——. "Ockham's Theory of Natural Signification." The Monist 61, No. 3 (1978): 444-59.

Examines problems with Ockham's theory of natural signification and concludes that the doctrine is a failure.

Adams, Marilyn McCord and Rega Wood. "Is to Will It as Bad as to Do It? The Fourteenth Century Debate." Franciscan Studies 41, Annual XIX (1981): 5-60.

Explores Ockham's Intrinsic-Imputability model and his replies to objections to it, and asserts that the theory is untenable.

Brampton, C. K. "Ockham and His Authorship of the Summulae in libros physicorum." Isis 55, No. 182 (1965): 418-26.

Considers arguments for and against Ockham's authorship of the Summulae in libros physicorum.

Copleston, Frederick. "The Ockhamist Movement: John of Mirecourt and Nicholas of Autrecourt" in A History of Philosophy: Volume III. Ockham to Sudrez, pp. 122-52. Westminster, Maryland: The Newman Press, 1953.

Examines the extent of Ockham's influence on other members of the nomainalist movement.

Klocker, Harry R. "Ockham and Efficient Causality." The Thomist XXIII, No. 1 (1960): 106-23.

Explains Ockham's theory of causality and what led him to develop it.

Leff, Gordon. "Society" in William of Ockham: The Metamorphosis of Scholastic Discourse, pp. 614-43. Manchester University Press, 1975.

Discusses Ockham's political writings.

Maurer, Armand. "Ockham's Conception of the Unity of Science." Mediaeval Studies XX (1958): 98-112.

Explores the nominalistic roots of Ockham's notion of the unity of science, and Ockham's findings that St. Thomas's notion of distinctions was erroneous.

——. "Method in Ockham's Nominalism." The Monist 61, No. 3 (1978): 426-43.

Examines the axiom known as "Ockham's Razor," the principle of contradiction, and Ockham's modernistic practice of conceptual analysis.

McGrade, Arthur Stephen. "The Problem of Radical Action" in The Political Thought of William of Ockham. Personal and Institutional Principles, pp. 47-77. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974.

Explores Ockham's opposition to Pope John XXII.

Moody, Ernest A. The Logic of William of Ockham. London: Sheed & Ward, 1935, 322p.

Detailed study of the "philosophical content, and the essentially aristotelian inspiration, of Ockham's theory of science."

——. "William of Ockham" in The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by Paul Edwards, pp. 306-17. New York: The Macmillan Company & The Free Press, 1967.

Summarizes Ockham's philosophy, his critiques, theories, theology, and doctrines.

Pegis, Anton C. "Concerning William of Ockham." Traditio II (1944): 465-80.

Disputes Philotheus Boehner's conclusions concerning Ockham.

Read, Stephen. "The Objective Being of Ockham's Ficta." The Philosophical Quarterly 27, No. 106 (1977): 14-31.

Examines the development of Ockham'sfictum theory and contends that Boehner misconstrued its use.

Richter, Vladimir. "In Search of the Historical Ockham: Historical Literary Remarks on the Authenticity of Ockham's Writings." Franciscan Studies 46, Annual XXIV (1986): 93-105.

Summarizes disputes concerning the authenticity of Ockham's authorship of several writings.

Scott, T. K. "Ockham on Evidence, Necessity, and Intuition." Journal of the History of Philosophy VII, No. 1 (1969): 27-49.

Delineates the basic concepts of Ockham's theory of science.

Shapiro, Herman. "Concerning Time" in Motion, Time, and Place According to William Ockham, pp. 91-112. St. Bonaventure, N.Y.: The Franciscan Institute, 1957.

Examines Ockham's equation of time and motion.

Spade, Paul Vincent. "Ockham's Distinctions between Absolute and Connotative Terms." Vivarium XIII, No. 1 (1975): 55-76.

Introduces Ockham's theory of connotation.

——. "Synonymy and Equivocation in Ockham's Mental Language." Journal of the History of Philosophy XVIII, No. 1 (1980): 9-22.

Explores problems with Ockham's theory of mental language.

Willing, Anthony. "Buridan and Ockham: The Logic of Knowing." Franciscan Studies 45, Annual XXIII (1985): 47-56.

Focuses on Ockham's position regarding one of Aristotle's puzzles.

Additional coverage of Ockham's life and career is contained in the following source published by the Gale Group: Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 115, and Medieval Philosophers.