The Ontological Argument of Anselm
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- The Ontological Argument
- Main Concepts
- A Priori = Uses definitions instead of evidence
- Deductive reasoning = begins with a conclusion and looks for evidence to support it
- Anselm's Arguments
- First Argument
- Premise One = God is the greatest being imaginable
- Premise Two = It is greater to exist than to be an idea
- Conclusion = God exists
- Second Argument
- Premise One = God is the greatest being imaginable
- Premise Two = It is greater to be necessary than to be contingent
- (It's greater to be something which can't be imagined not to exist, than to be something which you can imagine doesn't exist)
- Conclusion = God is a necessary being and must exist
- First Argument
- FOR
- Decartes
- Premise One = God is supremely perfect and possess all perfections
- Premise Two = one of these predicates is Existence
- Conclusion = God exists
- Decartes
- AGAINST
- Guanillo
- Anyone can make up gossip in their head, doesn't mean it's true
- I can imagine the 'perfect' island but that doesn't mean it exists
- Can't define things into existence
- Guanillo
- Main Concepts
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