PHIL 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gaunilo Of Marmoutiers, Proslogion, Ontological Argument
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Week 4- arguments for the existence of god. Argument from existence of reason: what is inanimate and irrational cannot generate something animate and rational, animate and rational beings (humans) exist in the cosmos therefore the cosmos are animate and rational. This is an a priori argument for the existence of god. Anselm claims that we can prove the existence of god, without any evidence from experience, simply by understanding the concept of. God. if successful, this argument would be irrefutable by any kind of empirical evidence, as it doesn"t rely upon sense experience in any way. Anselm: god is a being such that one cannot conceive (or think) of anything greater. The fool has said in his heart, there is no god. anselm is talking about the atheist. The atheist denies the existence of god, but must understand what he is denying.
