outline the Ontological Argument‚ proposed by Anselm of Canterbury‚ to prove the existence of God (in particular the Christian God). It also discusses Gaunilo’s objection to the ontological argument with the use of the “Lost Island” analogy. And finally offers an opinion as to whether or not Gaunilo’s objection successfully refutes Anselm’s argument. Anselm’s ontological argument‚ sourced from the “Proslogium” (with himself as the author)‚ is a highly controversial argument that aims to prove the
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During the 11th Century Saint Anslem came up with an apriori argument which deals with the existence of God. This argument was refuted by Aquinas in the 13th Century‚ while in the 17th century it was revised by Descartes only to then be refuted once more by Immanuel Kant. It was Kant himself who finally gave a name to this argument to which today we know it as the Ontological Argument. With works such as ‘Fides Quaerense Intellectum’ and ‘Proslogian’ Anslem tried to prove and show that certain Christian
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Many philosophers make arguments to try and prove God existence‚ while many of them think they have succeeded. Just a few of the philosophers that are still taught today‚ consist of: St. Anselm‚ Gaunilo and Descartes. These three philosophers all have their own arguments for Gods existence‚ and they all differ in many ways. Philosophers even like to make arguments that refute other philosophers’ arguments. St. Anselm was born in 1033 and died in 1109. St. Anselm was a well-known philosopher in his
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more. There are many different forms of arguments for the existence of God. It starts with the philosophers theories which goes way back in time and they believe that there is a God by what people has drawn through history and some personal experiences. The primary focus is the philosophical arguments which are the ontological argument‚ the first cause argument‚ the argument from design and the moral argument. When we as people look at each of these arguments it will give us more knowledge in the way
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The cosmological argument is attempting to show through reason that a cosmos needs an explanation. The cosmological argument is an a posteriori argument because it is based upon empirical data which we only discovered through being on this planet. The claim is that the universe cannot account for its own existence and so this argument seeks causes that have their solutions in the existence of a God. It suggests that God is in esse and humans are in fieri. The first part of this principle is the
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‘The cosmological argument shows that it is reasonable to believe in God’ How far do you agree? - 15 Mark Aquinas’ cosmological argument is a theory that is highly credible due it to being very logical and having support from science and common human observation. His theory isn’t based on the spiritual and religious God it is based on the God of classical theism which is why more people may argue that his theory makes it reasonable to believe in God. Aquinas’ argument gives a very detailed account
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by the book. Chapter I. State of the argument. Paley makes his analogical argument for the existence of a deity. The analogy is implicit until Chapter III‚ where Paley makes it explicit. The watch is supposed to be analogous to an organism (or perhaps to an organ‚ such as the human eye or the human heart). Since we would infer the existence of a “maker” in the case of the watch‚ we should do the same in the case of the organism/organ. Having sketched the argument‚ Paley states and replies to various
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ontological argument for the existence of God while restating and critically examining Aquinas’s first argument for the existence of God. After I finish with that topic I will then take on Paley and his argument and whether or not it thoroughly proves the existence of God conceived as a supremely perfect being and why or why not this is. During this topic I will bring in Dawkins’ and Hume’s criticisms of the argument also I will try to differentiate between Aquinas’ fifth cosmological argument from the
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ultimate answer. Yet our way of thinking has evolved enough to allow us to grasp more complex ideas to make up for lost history. My goal today is to prove the existence God using philosophical arguments. The ontological argument is an argument for God’s existence based entirely on reason. According to this argument‚ there is no need to go out looking for physical evidence of God’s existence. We can work out that he exists just by thinking about it. There are clearly certain claims that we can tell are
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God and follow those beliefs? There are three main arguments for the existence of god. The first one being the ontological argument which is the argument based on the idea that God is greater than anything else people can think of. A bit like the childish argument when one child says to the other “I’m a million times better than you!” and the other child says in response I’m a million and one times better than you!” thinking he has one the argument but then the first child says “I’m everything you
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