The Ontological Argument P| 1. Definition: God is that being than which no greater being can be conceived. P| 2. God exists in the mind (we think of God). A| 3.Assume God exists only in the mind but not in reality (Atheism) 3 4. Then we can conceive of a being just like God but which also exists in reality. P | 5. Existence is perfection. If two things are alike in all respects except the first exists in reality and the second
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interesting and some have been very confusing. One of our topics that I’ve found interesting and I enjoyed was when talked about the weaknesses and strengths of Gaunilo’s and Kant’s and their ontological arguments. Anselm’s ontological argument defined God as being “as which no other greater can conceive.” Ontological arguments tend to start with a priori theory about the organization of the universe. If the organization falls under being true there will be evidence of the existence of God‚ in this case. Anselm
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To deny the conclusion of the Cosmological argument is to accept the truth of a number of seemingly controversial empirical claims. The sceptic’s forced acceptance of these empirical claims imposes upon them a smaller set of possible worlds which are consistent with the non-existence of a God. Thus‚ in this regard the Cosmological argument remains firmly ‘alive’ as what Swinburne calls a ‘correct C-Inductive argument’‚ as it succeeds in adding to the probability of the theistic conclusion . Peterson
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of the opposing arguments originating from the atheistic worldview contribute to the constructing of theistic truths. While using the multiple competing hypotheses method of finding the most probable cause to the universe and the existence of all mankind‚ a personal creator fits better than the probability of creation just happening by chance. This universe is very complex and the existence of the personal creator can be explained in two arguments out of the many existing arguments
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Examine the cosmological argument for the existence of God? The key idea in cosmological arguments is that the world‚ the universe‚ and everything in them are dependent on something other than themselves for their existence. In other words‚ cosmological arguments attempt to justify God’s existence on the assumption that nothing can come from nothing‚ and that God must exist in order for anything to be here. Although the cosmological argument was expressed by Aquinas it was originally introduced and
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Examine the key ideas of the cosmological argument. The cosmological argument seeks to prove the existence of God on the basis that the universe has not always been in existence and so for it to be created‚ an external cause was necessary; this outside agent is viewed as God. It creates à posteriori knowledge which provides inductive explanations and makes conclusions on ideas based on actual experiences. It is a non-propositional argument so it cannot be proven but can be argued by offering
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Assuming that one of the explorers who found the tended plot of land is a theist and one is an atheist; the theist uses Anselm’s ontological argument that‚ “[…] than which nothing greater can be conceived” (Palmer‚ 158) or in basic there is nothing greater or more perfect than God. The explorers describe the plot of land as tended to‚ so they set up multiple obstacles to catch and observe what being is taking care of the land. The explorer who is a presumed to be a theist states‚ “But there is a
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truly say that I have found Saint Anselm Ontological Argument to be very interesting and I was so fascinated by his life and the stand he took to prove his reasoning in his argument. In fact Anselm’s most famous work is his attempt to prove the existence of God in the Proslogion (or discourse) known now as the “Ontological argument.” I also found it very interesting that Mr. Immanuel Kant‚ another great philosopher in my view said the ontological argument attempts to show that which we can conceive
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One of the most interesting arguments for the Existence of God comes from Anselm and the Ontological argument. According to the Ontological argument‚ there is no reason to go out and look for physical evidence of God’s existence. The ontological argument is based completely on reason and comes from the concept of a “being than which no greater can be conceived.” Anselm suggested that if such a “being” does not truly exist then a greater being can be conceived. But how does this make any sense? Nothing
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From the arguments discussed in class‚ I choose to evaluate Thomas Aquinas’ Cosmological Argument. Aquinas offers a believable case for the existence of God through five arguments. The arguments are “a posteriori arguments” with five strategies (Aquinas 52). The first argues that there is an unmoved mover that originated all motion but the mover‚ itself‚ does not move. The second argument concludes: “there must be a first cause to explain the existence of cause” (Aquinas 52). The third argument says
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