Ontological argument

Question 1

what’s prior knowledge

Answer 1

knowledge gained through simple logic or thought

Question 2

whats a premise

Answer 2

proposition on which an argument is based

Question 3

whats a deductive argument

Answer 3

starts by ideas, definition of words or concepts. always end in a true conclusion

Question 4

whats an analytic proposition

Answer 4

are those that are true by the meaning of the words used

Question 5

whats a synthetic proposition

Answer 5

are those who se truth or falsity are determined by sensory experience

Question 6

whats a necessary truth

Answer 6

a proposition that could not possibly be false

Question 7

whats a contingent being

Answer 7

a proposition that happens to be true but might be false

Question 8

whats a necessary being

Answer 8

something that could not possibly have failed to exist

Question 9

whats a contingent being

Answer 9

one which could have failed to exist

Question 10

whats a subject

Answer 10

the subject refers to who or what the senetnec is about

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whats a predicate

Answer 11

gives us information about the subject

Question 12

what was Anselm

Answer 12

A benedict monk and archbishop of canterbury

Question 13

what was anselm famous for

Answer 13

making the ontological argument

Question 14

where does the word ontological come from

Answer 14

the greek word ‘ontos’ meaning essence, existence being

Question 15

Whats premise 1 of anselms argument

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god is the greatest possible conceived being

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whats premise 2 of anselsms argument

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a fool can understand a concept of god but will struggle to form it into reality

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whats premise 3 of anselms argument

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there is a difference between having an idea in the mind and knowing that this exists in reality.

Question 18

whats premise 4 of anslems argument

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analogy, a painter has an idea in his mind of what he wants to paint; but when he has painted it , it is now in his mind and in reality

Question 19

whats premise 5 of anselms argument

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it is greater for it to exist both in the mind and reality

Question 20

whats premise 6 of anselms argument

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Therefore god as if he is so great he must exist in reality and the mind

Question 21

Who was Guinilo

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He was contemporary to Anselm and was also a Benedict monk

Question 22

What’s p1 of Guinilo’s criticism

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It is possible to conceive of the most perfect and real lost island

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What’s p2 of Guinilo’s argument

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It is greater to exist in reality than to exist only in the mind

Question 24

What’s the conclusion of Guinilo’s Criticism

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Therefore the most perfect and real lost island must exist in reality

Question 25

What is the first of anselms objections

Answer 25

That existence is not a real predicate ,real predicates give us more information about the subject but existence doesn’t add anything