objections based on existence
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- Objections based on existence as a predicate of God
- KANT
- There is no contradiction in dismissing both subject and its predicates
- i.e. dismiss the idea of both the three angles and the triangle
- it is therefore possible to dismiss the concept of God and His existence
- Existence is not a real predicate
- it does not add anything to our understanding of a thing
- E.g. the concept of a hundred silver coins does not contain more than just a concept
- A predicate must give us information about something
- it is a quality that something has or lacks
- But "exists" does not tell us anything about the object or individual
- There is no contradiction in dismissing both subject and its predicates
- Ontological Argument says ...
- Both Anselm and Descartes OA rely on "existence" being a predicate
- The predicate "existence" cannot be seperated from the idea of "God"
- would be contradictory to claim that God does not exist
- RUSSELL
- the OA uses the word "exists" incorrectly
- existence is not a real predicate
- existence is a term used to indicate the instance of concepts in the physical world
- DAVIS
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- KANT
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