Criticisms of the Ontological Argument

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Thomas Aquinas - Rejects the certainty that humans have the correct concept of God. - We can only know if God exists through Gods work in the world (a posteriori).
David Hume - Existence is not a predicate that someone can or can not have. - You can't take an idea in the mind, apply logic and have a conclusion in the observable universe.
Bertrand Russell - The word exist is used incorrectly. - Existence is an extension of an intention. - The definition does not prove God exists with the extension.
Gottlob Frege - 1st order predicates tell us about the nature of an object e.g. colour and size - 2nd order predicates tell us nothing about the nature of something.
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