Assess The Ontological Argument Strengths And Weaknesses

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PHIL1012 Mind and Knowledge

Assess the ontological argument for God’s existence.
What are it’s main strengths and weaknesses?

November 2014

Au Wing Hay
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1. St. Anselm’s “The Ontological Argument” 2
2. Strengths 2.1 Easy to be understood 2.2 Logical argument: deductive reasoning and valid 2.3 Failed objection 1: The Perfect Island 2.4 Failed objection 2: The Devil Parody 4 – 6

3. Weakness 3.1 Contradiction in the definition of God 3.2 No empirical evidence 3.3 Existence may not be a predicate 3.4 Only indicate God exists necessarily 6 – 8
4. Conclusion 8
5. References 9

1. St. Anselm’s “The Ontological Argument”

The Ontological Argument raised by St. Anselm in Proslogion was used to prove the existence of God. There are other forms of ontological argument, for instance, Descartes’s, but this paper is going to focus on the one raised by St. Anselm. …show more content…
(P2): We can conceive God, which means God exists in our understanding.
(P3): Exist in both understanding and reality is greater than only exist in understanding.
(P4): God cannot only exist in understanding if God is nothing greater can be conceived.
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C: God exists in reality.

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