Ontological Argument

Question 1

Overall

Answer 1

Based on idea God is the biggest conceivable being

Question 2

Anselm

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Proof by Contradiction

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Descartes

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Kant

Answer 5

Kant argues it is wrong to claim that God exists when the OA is an enquiry into the possibility of God’s existence