ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT - DOES NOT PROVE GODS EXISTANCE

Question 1

INTRO

Answer 1

ONTOLOGICAL ARGUEMENT - anselm (GCB) and descartes (existente is a pedicate)

Question 2

P1

Answer 2

P – Imagining something doesn’t mean it exists
A – Gaunilo’s island critique → “riches & delicacies” – no empirical evidence
C – Perfect island is contingent, while God is necessary – incomparable
E – Necessary being doesn’t prove it exists in reality – infinite regress

Question 3

P2

Answer 3

P – Existence is not a predicate
A – “God exists” is just a statement
→ 100 coins in the mind vs 100 real coins – doesn’t add
C – Anselm – God’s existence is a predicate as God is GCB
E – Kant: argument = predicate – only if God exists, so if God doesn’t exist there is no GCB

Question 4

P3

Answer 4

P – God beyond human comprehension
A – Omni words = beyond comprehension
→ epistemic distance (John Hick)