Another argument for God's Existence
He asserts that the ideas of God implies God's existence.
Premise 1: God is defined as an infinitely perfect being.
Premise 2: Perfection includes existence.
Conclusion: So God exists.
In this argument, the idea of God has the nature of Perfection. In other words Perfection is part of God. Then if God is perfect by the definition, or by the idea of God itself, then he has the attributes and quality of being Perfection, perfection includes existence as it attributes and quality of it. Then if God is perfect it necessarily follows that God exist
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Summary of Meditation V. Of the essence of material things, and, again, of God, that He exists.
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Criticisms of Anselm's ontological argument
- The argument could be used to prove the existence of anything.
- Humans do not know God's nature.
- "Existing" adds nothing (including perfection) to the essence of a being. Thus, the greatest possible being does not need to exist
Structure of a well-formed argument
It does not use reasons that contradict each other, contradict the conclusion or explicitly or implicitly assumes the truth of the conclusion. Checklist:
- Does the communication include at least one reason to support the conclusion as being true? If not, it is not an...
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