Bertrand Russell On The Ontological Argument

Question 1

Bertrand Russell criticised the ontological argument by asking us to think of the statement, “the ? King of ? is bald”. This statement isn’t true because there’s no such thing as the present King of France.

Answer 1

Present.

France.

Question 2

For Russell, when we start applying ? to something whose existence is a matter of ?, we can’t expect the normal rules of linguistic ? to apply.

Answer 2

Predicates.
Uncertainty.
Logic.