Ontolological Argument

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Ontolological Argument

Advantages

  • It is a deductive argument, so it works, it gives absolute proof as opposed to other arguments reliance on probability.
  • It`s independence of evidence of human observation protects it from possibly unreliable evidence.
  • Anselm`s defintion is in fact that God is limitless and for many, if there is a God, his defintion makes good sense.

Disadvantages

  • Kants challenges suggest that it does not work in either of its forms.
  • Arguments about existence need to be empirically based.
  • Aquinas and others since have challenged Anselms defintion of God. Humans cannot know the nature of God and any attempt to define God limits Him. If this is the case, the whole Ontological argument collapses.

Evaluation

Due to the fact that the argument follows H.H Prices concept of `belief in`, it is a strong argument particularly for the existence of God because it shows there is a commitment and trust. Also due to the fact that it is a deductive argument helps increase the reliability of the argument because it develop a theory and allows for the obersavtion to come after. If it wasn`t for the argument anthromorphising God then there would be no chance of the argument collapsing then it would be a strong argument.

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