Ontological Argument

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ontological argument
- God existence is necessary
  - There is no possibility of God not existing
- iin intellectu or in re' reality
- Rene Descarte
is an priori such an argument uses logic to prove an initial definition to be correct
- ontological argument
  - God existence is necessary
    - There is no possibility of God not existing
  - iin intellectu or in re' reality
  - Rene Descarte
Anselm proslogian 2
' That which nothing greater can be concieved'
there must be more to God than just 'exist'
thought of'
God being neccessary cannot be contingent
God is a predicate ' part of a definition of what it is to be a thing'
Trying to imagine God without the predicate of existence is illogical, like imagining a triangle without three sides
- God is a predicate ' part of a definition of what it is to be a thing'

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