OA part 2

Question 1

who is Aquinas’ criticism specific to

Answer 1

Anselm

Question 2

what is Aquinas’s criticism to do with god’s essence

Answer 2

if we knew God’s essence, we would know God exists

we do not and cannot know God’s existence

Question 3

what is Aquinas’s criticism to do with definition

Answer 3

we don’t have an agreed definition of God, even if we did, how would we know if it’s correct?

Question 4

What does Aquinas not agree with in terms of Anselm

Answer 4

doesn’t agree with the idea of the ‘fool’, saying ‘there is not God’ is acceptable

Question 5

what is a weakness of aquinas to do with essence

Answer 5

we don’t need to know God’s essence completely

Question 6

How can God only be proved for Aquinas

Answer 6

God can only be proved through empirical observations about the nature of the cause in the world

Question 7

weakness to do with Australia of aquinas

Answer 7

existence of Australia, without having been here

Question 8

What does Aquinas not share with Descartes

Answer 8

Descartes has an innate knowledge and knowledge of God, which Aquinas does not share, knowledge is not innate

Question 9

what is a weakness of aquinas to do with ideas

Answer 9

clearly doesn’t have a clear and distinct idea

Question 10

What dies Hume argue is not possible

Answer 10

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

Question 11

what is a weakness of Hume to do with logic

Answer 11

we have ideas generated through logic and rational thinking that aren’t observable e.g. beauty and love

Question 12

Hume’s point about predicate

Answer 12

existence can’t be treated as a predicate, denying God doesn’t cause a contradiction

Question 13

weakness of Hume to do with God

Answer 13

some people claim to experience God and God doesn’t have a set definition, so could include existence

Question 14

what is Kant’s argument against the OA

Answer 14

something can be defined without it being true

there’s a difference between talking about concepts and reality

Question 15

what is a weakness of Kant to do with predicate

Answer 15

a predicate that includes existence but does not exist is rare

Question 16

Kant’s point about existence

Answer 16

existence is not a property

Question 17

weakness of Kant from Descartes

Answer 17

Descartes says to describe himself he must use existence

Question 18

what is Russels points against the OA

Answer 18

Anselm uses the term exist incorrectly

using existence as a predicate does not mean God exists, false predicate

Question 19

Russel’s 2 premise analogy

Answer 19

P1 Donkey’s exist
P2 Eeyore is a donkey
C therefore, Eeyore exists

Question 20

What is Platinga’s argument called

Answer 20

model argument

Question 21

what is the basis of Platinga’s model argument

Answer 21

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

Question 22

what is the case in every possible world for platinga

Answer 22

God necessarily exists

Question 23

what are the two concepts plating uses to define God

Answer 23

maximal excellence

maximal greatness

Question 24

what is maximal excellence (platinga)

Answer 24

God of traditional theism

Question 25

what is maximal greatness (platinga)

Answer 25

maximal excellence in every possible world

Question 26

why do these two concepts mean God must exist everywhere for Platinga

Answer 26

if this being exists, would have to exist in all possible words because a ‘maximally great being’ would

Question 27

what is P1-3 of Platinga’s argument

Answer 27

P1 it is possible a maximally great being exists

P2 if that’s possible, then a maximally great being exists in some possible world

P3 if that’s the case, then it exists in every possible world

Question 28

what is P4-5 + C of Platinga’s argument

Answer 28

P4 if a maximally great being exists in every world, then it exists in the actual world

P5 if that’s the case, a maximally great being exists

C therefore, a maximally great being exists

Question 29

which part of Platinga’s argument is generally accepted by philosphers

Answer 29

P2-5 and c

Question 30

what is the issue with Platinga’s argument and why

Answer 30

P1-2
accepting a maximally great being possible exists doesn’t mean actually does
Platinga fails to show possibility, definition depends on possible worlds

Question 31

why does platinga appeal to a possible world

Answer 31

platinga appeals to a possible world to show the existence of a maximally great being is logically necessary in this world

Question 32

what is a weakness of aquinas to do with logic

Answer 32

can be argues this world only exists in the realms of logic

Question 33

what is Aquinas’ criticism of Platinga

Answer 33

the only way to argue God’s existence is from the evidence at our disposal from the world around us

Question 34

what does Platinga argue doesn’t vary

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Answer 34

what’s necessarily true and what’s impossible doesn’t vary from world to world
but we can only know the truth of these arguments in a logical way, not empirical

Question 35

what have we not observed (platinga)

Answer 35

we haven’t observed whether necessity and impossibility apply in the same way accross all possible worlds

Question 36

what is a strength of the OA to do with logic

Answer 36

to accept God’s definition and argue for his existence does not create a logical error

Question 37

strength of platinga to do with science

Answer 37

platinga starts his argument with a scientific hypothesis and if multiverse theory is proved, then it is mathematically and logically sound

Question 38

major weakness of OA put forward by Kant

Answer 38

we can just reject the definition of God

can’t define something into existence

Question 39

biggest flaws of Platinga’s argument

Answer 39

if the multiverse theory is proved wrong, the whole argument falls apart

if there’s an infinite number or worlds with an infinite number of possibilities, there must be a world with no God