Ontological argument

THE ARGUMENT ITSELF AND KEY POINTS FOR AND AGAINST.

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Introduction
A Priori, Deductive, Analytical, rectio ad absurdum, St Anselm who was the archbishop of Cantebury and wrote the Proslogians.
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Proslogian 2
God is "TTWNGCBC". "the fool" has a concept in psalm 14. Existence is a "Great making property"
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Proslogian 3
Has to necessarily exist - logically a being that cannot not exist. Everything else contingent.
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Rene Descartes
"i THINK therefore I AM". once this is known must find existence for God. Who is supremely perfect, existence is a perfections. Can't be taken like sides of triangle always equal 180o.
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Norman Malcolm
4 premises leading to ipossibility being groundless
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Plantinga
This moves onto world of "possible semantics" possible logical ideas makes the "model ontological argument".
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AGAINST
Logical Tricks, Gaunillos island, kant, aquinas, mackie and hume
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God is "TTWNGCBC". "the fool" has a concept in psalm 14. Existence is a "Great making property"

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Has to necessarily exist - logically a being that cannot not exist. Everything else contingent.

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"i THINK therefore I AM". once this is known must find existence for God. Who is supremely perfect, existence is a perfections. Can't be taken like sides of triangle always equal 180o.

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4 premises leading to ipossibility being groundless

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