Ontological Argument Flashcards
Overall
Based on idea God is the biggest conceivable being
Anselm
Premises:
Everybody desires things that are good
Because of this everyone must have an idea of what being good is
Reason we have an idea of goodness is because God is the greatest goodness
Conclusion:
God must exists because he gives us the greatest good
Proof by Contradiction
P- God is the greatest conceivable being
P- Things exist either in mind only or in mind and reality
P- It is greater to exist in mind and reality than in mind only
Descartes
P1: I have an idea of a supremely perfect being
P2: Existence is a predicate or quality of a supremely perfect being
C: A supremely perfect being must exist
Kant
Kant argues it is wrong to claim that God exists when the OA is an enquiry into the possibility of God’s existence