Both Duns Scotus and William of Ockham were concerned with
A)healing the rift of the Great Schism.
B)writing tracts that supported papal authority.
C)determining whether reason was capable of supporting faith.
D)experimenting with grains to improve the food supply.
E)protecting the Jewish community from attack during the Black Death.

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Both Duns Scotus and William of Ockham were medieval scholastic philosophers who grappled with the relationship between faith and reason. They both sought to determine whether reason was capable of supporting Christian faith. This philosophical debate became known as the "problem of universals."

Both Duns Scotus and William of Ockham Were Concerned with