(C) Hume

Question 1

say argument as a failure because?

Answer 1

it made a false assumption about existence - that necessarily existence was a logical concept

Question 2

what did he argue

Answer 2

existence could only ever be contingent and that all statements about existence could be denied without contradiction

Question 3

quote

Answer 3

“we cannot define something into existence - even if it has all perfections we can imagine”