PHILOS 25B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ontological Argument, Omnipotence
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Meditation v and vi: ontological proof objections and. Ontological proof: the ontological proof is not new, it goes back to an 11th-century philosopher name. Anselm of canterbury: some objections to the proof: It can be used to prove too much and is therefore meaningless. For example, it is not possible to have an omniscient thing without it being benevolent, omnipotent, etc. , in which case it would be god: kant says that existence is simply not a perfection. It is not a property or predicate of a thing. When you say god exists, you are not ascribing a property to god but merely say that the concept of god is instantiated. Existence doesn"t function like red , square , omniscient , etc: most philosophers, but not all, take this objection to be conclusive. All his cdps are true because they are guaranteed by the existence of the non- deceiving god.
