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Asses Anselms ontological argument-basic essay plan
Does the Ontological argument justify belief – basic essay plan
Are there logical fallacies in the ontological argument that cannot be overcome – basic essay plan
(the logical facility is the idea of existence as a predicate)
Can existence be treated as a predicate – basic essay plan but with the last paragraph first- start with
kant and use Guanillo and Russel to back him- thesis is NO existence cant be treated as a predicate as
it leads to a leap in logic
Is a posteriori a more successful form of argument than a priori – on the observation planning sheet
‘A priori argument is stronger than a posteriori”- asses this view
Asses Kants criticisms of the ontological argument – kants criticism is existences as a predicate – you
can accept the predicate of a sentence all you want, but if the subject doesn’t exist in the first place
then there is no possible contradiction- ontological arguments are bad logic because they make us
suppose that if we justify g-ds perfection as including existence we are assuming that g-d exists-
circular logic
- We can make up an object and define it in any number of ways, but this does not make the
object exist in reality- even though the definition will continue to be true
Are gaunillo criticisms of the ontological argument the most effective – same plan- guanillos
criticisms are good but not the most effective- kants are better- all the criticisms together prove that
the ontological argument fails
, GENERAL ESSAY PLAN- LOGIC CANNOT PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF G-D
Same as asses Anselm or evaluate ontological argument
Would also work for- cannot derive existence from a definition
INTRO:
What is the ontological argument: a priori, deductive- focused on providing the existence of g-d through
definition and logic
- Started by ANSELM- in response to Psalms “the fool”- he believes that g-d is the greatest conceivable
being – exists in mind and reality
- He holds the view that existence is a predicate
My line of argument: Anselm is making too big of a jump in logic- there are too many flaws in his argument,
highlighted by Guanillo and Kant to make his theory successful
- Anselm fails to convincingly prove the existence of g-d
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