Understanding the Ontological Argument

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Ontological Argument

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Philosophical argument for God's existence

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Origin

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Anselm of Canterbury

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Anselm's Work

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Proslogion

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Core Idea

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Existence in reality vs. mind

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God's Definition

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That than which nothing greater can be conceived.

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Existence as Predicate

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Existence adds to greatness

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Critic: Immanuel Kant

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Existence is not a predicate

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Critic: Gaunilo

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Perfect island analogy

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Modal Ontological Argument

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Alvin Plantinga

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Necessary Existence

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God exists in all possible worlds