The Ontological Argument Evaluation Flashcards
Gaunilo use a _ of his own to show if the argument’s logic is applied to other subjects it draws false conclusions e.g: the perfect island
reductio ad absurdum
Hume says it is not possible to take an idea, apply pure logic to it and reach an _ conclusion
emprical
Hume - We must go beyond the description of something to determine whether it actually _
exists
Hume - All the OA does is place God’s existence into philosophically _ terms if God exists
rational
Kant says existence is not a _ and does not describe anything about an object
predicate
Kant - if we dismiss the idea of the 3 sides and the idea of a triangle there’s no _ we can do the same for God
contradiction
Kant - we can define a thing however we want, but whether that definition _ it in re is a different question altogether
matches
Kant - Saying “X exists” as a predicate is a _. If X exists tells us a property of X then saying “X does not exist” denies it has this property. However how cant it lack something if it doesn’t exist?
paradox
If we know God exists because he placed the knowledge of his existence in our minds, then the knowledge of his existence is _ on us and not necessary
contingent
A concept of God does not make him a reality for _
atheists
Aquinas rejects that fallible human intellect alone can prove God exists, he says Anselm is intellectually _
arrogant
Aquinas states the OA makes a _ error, moving away from the definition of God to his existence
transitional
Not everyone shares the same _ of God, and understanding of God means he exists in understanding not reality
definition
Kant - 100 silver _ in the mind is not greater in number or nature than in re
thalers
Descartes says the notion of a perfect being is innate in us, but how can he _ it?
prove
