Descartes ontological argument
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- Created on: 04-03-17 13:02
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- Descartes version of the Ontological Argument
- disagreed that the ontological argument isnt valid as we dont have the same understanding of what god is (according to aquinas)
- Descartes reformulated the ontological argument in his book 'meditations'
- Like Plato and Anselm believed that we are born with ready-made ideas, concepts that are already imprinted in our minds from birth.
- If we are born with a concept of equality shapes etc, then we are born with the concept of what God is
- We understand God to be perfection
- Omniscient
- Omnipotent
- omnibelevolence
- Analogy of a triangle/ mountain
- Existence is part of the essence of God, just like three triangles adding up to 180' are part of the essence of a triangle, and a valley is part of the essence of a mountain
- Althopugh he realised that these analogies had their limitations
- we might not think of a mountain without also thinking of a valley
- But God is different, as God involves not angles or valleys, but eorfection, and for Descartes, existence is perfection
- we might not think of a mountain without also thinking of a valley
- Althopugh he realised that these analogies had their limitations
- Existence is part of the essence of God, just like three triangles adding up to 180' are part of the essence of a triangle, and a valley is part of the essence of a mountain
- Baso, god is perfection, and descartes saw existence as perfection so god must exist.
- God is eternal and unchanging
- disagreed that the ontological argument isnt valid as we dont have the same understanding of what god is (according to aquinas)
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