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The theological system called nominalism was based on william of ockham's fundamental insight that: god is limited in his ability to control human events and circumstances. human knowledge of god depends on what god reveals through scripture. knowledge gained through experiment is the only trustworthy source of information. the characteristics of a single object can be inferred by making reference to a group. nothing truly exists except in the mind of god.

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The answer is there was no necessary connection between knowledge gained from studying the natural world and the ability to know the essence of God.
According to the nomalism view, people should deny the existence of Abstract Objects in our space and ime but should never deny the existence of Abstract Terms, concepts, and Predicates (such as God)
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