OA part 2 Flashcards
who is Aquinas’ criticism specific to
Anselm
what is Aquinas’s criticism to do with god’s essence
if we knew God’s essence, we would know God exists
we do not and cannot know God’s existence
what is Aquinas’s criticism to do with definition
we don’t have an agreed definition of God, even if we did, how would we know if it’s correct?
What does Aquinas not agree with in terms of Anselm
doesn’t agree with the idea of the ‘fool’, saying ‘there is not God’ is acceptable
what is a weakness of aquinas to do with essence
we don’t need to know God’s essence completely
How can God only be proved for Aquinas
God can only be proved through empirical observations about the nature of the cause in the world
weakness to do with Australia of aquinas
existence of Australia, without having been here
What does Aquinas not share with Descartes
Descartes has an innate knowledge and knowledge of God, which Aquinas does not share, knowledge is not innate
what is a weakness of aquinas to do with ideas
clearly doesn’t have a clear and distinct idea
What dies Hume argue is not possible
not possible to use rationality and logic to reach a conclusion and apply it to the universe
because we base knowledge on what we can actually prove, not through logic and and rational thinking
what is a weakness of Hume to do with logic
we have ideas generated through logic and rational thinking that aren’t observable e.g. beauty and love
Hume’s point about predicate
existence can’t be treated as a predicate, denying God doesn’t cause a contradiction
weakness of Hume to do with God
some people claim to experience God and God doesn’t have a set definition, so could include existence
what is Kant’s argument against the OA
something can be defined without it being true
there’s a difference between talking about concepts and reality
what is a weakness of Kant to do with predicate
a predicate that includes existence but does not exist is rare
Kant’s point about existence
existence is not a property
weakness of Kant from Descartes
Descartes says to describe himself he must use existence
what is Russels points against the OA
Anselm uses the term exist incorrectly
using existence as a predicate does not mean God exists, false predicate
Russel’s 2 premise analogy
P1 Donkey’s exist
P2 Eeyore is a donkey
C therefore, Eeyore exists
What is Platinga’s argument called
model argument
what is the basis of Platinga’s model argument
not all worlds are possible
e.g. where all bachelors are married or triangles have 5 sides because the opposition would be true in every possible world
what is the case in every possible world for platinga
God necessarily exists
what are the two concepts plating uses to define God
maximal excellence
maximal greatness
what is maximal excellence (platinga)
God of traditional theism