The Ontological Argument: Descartes.
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- The Ontological Argument: Descartes.
- Basis of argument = God is a supremely perfect being.
- Predicate Definition
- A quality or property of something.
- Develops Anselm's argument.
- God exists because existence is a predicate of perfection.
- God must exist to avoid being a self contradiction.
- Trying to imagine God without a predicate of existence = illogical.
- Triangle Argument
- Analytical statement.
- A triangle has three sides and angles that add up to 180 degrees.
- If any features of this triangle are removed, it would no longer be a triangle.
- The same is true if you removed the predicate of existence from the concept of God.
- If any features of this triangle are removed, it would no longer be a triangle.
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