PHIL 1050 Lecture Notes - Ontological Argument, Omnipotence, Reductio Ad Absurdum

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1050
• Professor: Patricia Sheridan

Document Summary

The ontological argument and the lost island challenge. What is the proof based on: reason alone, note, he appeals to no evidence, no scripture, no feelings, nothing like belief", this is what we call an a priori argument, and it is also what we call analytic. Just thinking about the concept of god itself. In prosologion he sets out to convince the fool who has said in his heart there is no god. : so, this is supposed to be persuasive. Looking for a simple, punchy, straightforward, and universally convincing proof. Intended to appeal to anyone, basically who could understand the basic concepts. E. g. if you know what bachelor" means, you know that the following is by definition, and necessarily, true, a bachelor is an unmarried man . What is the argument: the argument: god is that than which nothing greater can be thought ;