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Ontological argument

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A priori logic nit experience

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Anselm

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“faith seeking and understanding”

“the fool says in his heart ‘there is no god’”

  • God is that which nothing greater can be conceived (thought of)
  • if God could only exsist in the mind he wouldnt be the greatest being
  • Gods existence is necessary and not contingent
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Descartes

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God is perfect. Existence is a perfection. God must exsist.

Existence can’t be separated from god as triangle can’t be seperate from 3 sides

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Gaunillio

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Critiqued anselm- argument is absurd - just cause you think of an island doesn’t mean it exists

Just defining something as perfect doesn’t make it exist

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Name of descartes book

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meditations

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Anselms response to Gaunilo

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Ontological argument only works for God as God exists necessarily and an island exists contingently

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Kants criticism of descartes

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“existence is not a predicate”

has no meaning, the fact i exist does not tell you anything about my characteristics

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Russel

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Statements about the attributes of God are only meaningful if there is an actual God.
“bald king of france”