The Ontological Argument

Question 1

What is the Ontological Argument also known as?

Answer 1

Arguments based on reason

Question 2

Who was the Ontological Argument developed by?

Answer 2

Anselm

Question 3

What is ‘onto’ for?

Answer 3

The existence of God

Question 4

What does ‘onto’ mean?

Answer 4

Quality which means it has to exist

Question 5

What does the argument attempt to do?

Answer 5

Attempts to argue for God without reference to sense experience ​

Question 6

Is the argument a priori or a posteriori?

Answer 6

Argument is a priori

Question 7

What does a posteriori mean?

Answer 7

After experience

Question 8

What does a priori mean?

Answer 8

Prior experience

Question 9

What does inductive mean?

Answer 9

It assumes what has happened and leaves uncertain conclusions

Question 10

What is an example of ‘inductive’?

Answer 10

Cosmological and teleological argument

Question 11

What does deductive mean?

Answer 11

You don’t have to prove it as there is valid proof

Question 12

What is an example of ‘deductive’?

Answer 12

All labradors are dogs, jerry is a labrador, jerry is a dog

Question 13

What is analytic?

Answer 13

Based on true definitions

Question 14

What is an example of ‘analytic’?

Answer 14

All triangles have 3 sides

Question 15

How is Anselm of Canterbury wrote?

Answer 15

Written as a prayer

Question 16

Does Gaunilo accept or reject this argument?

Answer 16

He rejects the entire argument​

Question 17

What is something that Gaunilo says about the argument?

Answer 17

‘on behalf of the fool’

Question 18

What does Gaunilo do to share his views?

Answer 18

He draws a parallel with a lost island to share his views

Question 19

Does Aquinas accept or reject this argument?

Answer 19

He rejects the argument​

Question 20

What does Aquinas claim about God?

Answer 20

He claims we don’t have an agreed definition of God ​

Question 21

Does Aquinas believe that God exists?

Answer 21

Aquinas says ‘God exists’ is analtyically true but we don’t know this to be the case

Question 22

Does Kant accept or reject this argument?

Answer 22

He rejects it