Gaunilo's Criticisms Of Anselm

Question 1

Gaunilo was the first to raise objections to Anselm’s idea that God exists by ?

Answer 1

Definition.

Question 2

Gaunilo claimed that the flaws in Anselm’s ? would be made obvious if we replaced the idea of God with the idea of an ?

Answer 2

Logic.

Island.

Question 3

In his writings, “In Behalf Of The ?”, Gaunilo explained that we could imagine the most excellent island which exists as a concept in our understanding. Using Anselm’s logic, we could say that an island existing in our minds is inferior to the same island existing in ? Clearly, there’s no such island in reality. We can’t bring something into existence by defining it as a ?

Answer 3

Fool.
Reality.
Superlative.

Question 4

Gaunilo argued that if we replace “God” with “?” in Anselm’s argument, we can see how the argument falls down.

Answer 4

Island.

Question 5

Anselm’s reply was that, although Gaunilo was right, the same objections didn’t work for the ontological argument because an island has ? existence and God’s existence is ?

Answer 5

Contingent.

Necessary.

Question 6

Anselm argued that the ? argument only works when applied to God, because God exists in a different way from everything else.

Answer 6

Ontological.