The Ontological Argument

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God is "that than which nothing greater can be conceived"
Anselm
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What it is
A Priori
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Anselm's book
Proslogion
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Talked about islands
Gaunilo
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What God has
intrinsic maximum
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Believed existence is not a predicate
Kant
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If God doesn't exist he cannot come into existence because something would have to cause him
Malcolm
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Argued that it is not possible to take an idea in one's mind, apply pure logic and and reach a conclusion that is based entirely on the external, observable universe
Hume
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Anselm uses word 'exist' incorrectly
Bertrand Russell
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Talked about islands

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