Flashcards
The Ontolgical Argument
Cards in this deck (6)
- 1Anselm's argument 1st part- God is: 'that than which nothing greater can be conceived.'
- If God exists in the mind alone then a greater being could exist in reality as well. - 2Anselm's argument 2nd part- God's existence is necessary, as there is no possibility of him not existing.
- To be thought not to exist would be inferior. - 3Descartes' argument 1st part- God is supremely perfect, Gods necessary existence is contained with his definition.
- The idea of God must have been provided by him because we are imperfect and incapable of conceiving a perfect being. - 4Descartes' argument 2nd part- Existence is a predicate, so God must possess existence to be perfect.
- Imagining God without existence is like imagining a triangle without 3 sides. - 5Alvin Platinga- There is a possible world in which exists a being with 'maximal greatness.'
- A being only has maximal greatness if it exists in every possible world, therefore God must exist. - 6Norman Malcom- Gods existence is necessary and the concept of a God must have necessary existence.
- God either exists necessarily or he does not exist at all.