OA part 2 Flashcards

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who is Aquinas’ criticism specific to

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Anselm

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

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

we do not and cannot know God’s existence

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what is Aquinas’s criticism to do with definition

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

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What does Aquinas not agree with in terms of Anselm

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

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what is a weakness of aquinas to do with essence

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

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How can God only be proved for Aquinas

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

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weakness to do with Australia of aquinas

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existence of Australia, without having been here

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What does Aquinas not share with Descartes

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

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what is a weakness of aquinas to do with ideas

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clearly doesn’t have a clear and distinct idea

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What dies Hume argue is not possible

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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

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what is a weakness of Hume to do with logic

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

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Hume’s point about predicate

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

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weakness of Hume to do with God

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

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14
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what is Kant’s argument against the OA

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something can be defined without it being true

there’s a difference between talking about concepts and reality

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what is a weakness of Kant to do with predicate

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a predicate that includes existence but does not exist is rare

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Kant’s point about existence

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existence is not a property

17
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weakness of Kant from Descartes

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Descartes says to describe himself he must use existence

18
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what is Russels points against the OA

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Anselm uses the term exist incorrectly

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

19
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Russel’s 2 premise analogy

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

20
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What is Platinga’s argument called

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model argument

21
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what is the basis of Platinga’s model argument

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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

22
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what is the case in every possible world for platinga

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God necessarily exists

23
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what are the two concepts plating uses to define God

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maximal excellence

maximal greatness

24
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what is maximal excellence (platinga)

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God of traditional theism

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what is maximal greatness (platinga)
maximal excellence in every possible world
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why do these two concepts mean God must exist everywhere for Platinga
if this being exists, would have to exist in all possible words because a 'maximally great being' would
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what is P1-3 of Platinga's argument
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
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what is P4-5 + C of Platinga's argument
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
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which part of Platinga's argument is generally accepted by philosphers
P2-5 and c
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what is the issue with Platinga's argument and why
P1-2 accepting a maximally great being possible exists doesn't mean actually does Platinga fails to show possibility, definition depends on possible worlds
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why does platinga appeal to a possible world
platinga appeals to a possible world to show the existence of a maximally great being is logically necessary in this world
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what is a weakness of aquinas to do with logic
can be argues this world only exists in the realms of logic
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what is Aquinas' criticism of Platinga
the only way to argue God's existence is from the evidence at our disposal from the world around us
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what does Platinga argue doesn't vary | +
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
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what have we not observed (platinga)
we haven't observed whether necessity and impossibility apply in the same way accross all possible worlds
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what is a strength of the OA to do with logic
to accept God's definition and argue for his existence does not create a logical error
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strength of platinga to do with science
platinga starts his argument with a scientific hypothesis and if multiverse theory is proved, then it is mathematically and logically sound
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major weakness of OA put forward by Kant
we can just reject the definition of God | can't define something into existence
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biggest flaws of Platinga's argument
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