PHL 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Ontological Argument, Rationality, Ad Hominem
6 May 2019
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Concluded that atheism is a self-contradictory position. Atheists believe that there is no something a greater than which cannot be conceived in reality. Held that this something resided in the mind alone. To conceive of something greater than something a greater than which cannot be conceived. To accomplish this, they would just have to think of that some something as existing in reality. Existence in reality is greater than existence in the mind alone. If x and y are the same in all respects, except x exists in reality and y exists in the mind alone, x is greater than y. So, this something must exist since it cannot consistently be thought of as not existing. However, he also believed that there are things that exist in the mind alone. For example, an island a greater island than which could not be conceived. Might have been influenced by anselm"s argument.
