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Question 1

What is Anselm deductive argument?

Answer 1

P1) god is the greatest possible being
P2) if god exists in the mind alone them a greater being can be imagined to both exit in the mind and in reality
P3) this being cannoot exist only as an idea in the mind
Conc: therefore god exists both in the mind as an idea and in reality

Question 2

What is Descartes argument

Answer 2

1. In my mind I have the concept of a supremely perfect being
2. Existence is a perfection so existence is part of its essence
3. A supremely perfect being must exist in order to be supremely oerfecr
4. Therefore a supremely perfect being exists

Question 3

What is gaunilos challenge to the ontological argument

Answer 3

He uses the anaology of the island as a ridicule of Anselm logic

Question 4

What is Immanuel Kants challenge

Answer 4

Existence is not a predicate eas it cannot be a property that an object can either possess or lack