Anselm's First Ontological Argument
- Created by: Laura McClelland
- Created on: 19-05-19 16:08
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- Anselm's First Ontological Argument
- Explaining the Argument
- 1. God is the greatest possible being
- 2. Even the non-believer knows that God is the greatest possible being (in intellectu)
- 3. It is greater to exist in reality and in 'understanding'
- Conc. God exists in both reality and understanding
- Vardy: "Anselm is saying that 'God exists' is an analytic statement, we can show the statement is true merely by analysing what it means to be God
- sought to provide a single proof that God existed and that would reveal him to be the supreme good who is necessary
- Critiquing the Argument
- Guanilo's Island
- Suppose someone proposed 'the most perfect island'
- Since it is perfect, according to Anselm's logic, it must therefore exist
- Furthermore, since part of perfection IS existence, the island MUST exist
- Suppose someone proposed 'the most perfect island'
- Guanilo's Island
- Explaining the Argument
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