Ontological argument

What is the Unlimited Spirit, Limited Spirit and Corporeal Bodies? We differentiate three distinct types of beings here. One is the highest good in which nothing can surpass. This highest good is God; God is the only unlimited spirit with no end, no beginning and is not limited by space or time. The unlimited spirit has always been and will always be. The limited spirits are all the angels and human spirits that have a beginning, no end and the human spirits are limited by space and time…

that life has no purpose. He wanted to at one point end his life. Faith in religión restored his sanity later making him believe that there is more to life than rational belief. 13. Explain and evaluate Pascal’s Wager. Would belief based on such an argument get you into heaven? Pascal’s Wager is the idea that the benefit in believing in God outweighs the risks of not believing. Basically believing just to believe, just in case he does exist. Believing meant you were able to go to heaven and not…

between an a priori argument for the existence of God and an a posteriori argument for the existence of God and identify which type of argument the Ontological Argument is and which type of argument the Cosmological Argument is. • A Posterior Argument: Relies substantively on empirical promises, sensory experience, and observations. o The cosmological argument is an a posterior argument • A Priori Argument: Doesn’t rely substantively on empirical promises. An a priori argument is based off of…

The Ontological contention likewise faces numerous reactions by various logicians for not demonstrating the presence of God. Gaunilo was one of the main thinkers to condemn Anselm's hypothesis utilizing his 'island' hypothesis. Gaunilo requested that individuals imagine an island ''more astounding than some other island'' and he recommend that this island as indicated by Anselm's confirmation should essentially exist in light of the fact that an island which exists in all actuality would be…

of God is, and has been, a very highly debated philosophical argument that has bewildered philosophers since even before the age of ‘Enlightenment.’ Many of the different arguments put forth have not adequately proven God’s existence, although, in order to move forward, failed arguments must be studied to ensure that mistakes are not repeated. One such argument is that of Saint Anselm’s Ontological Argument. Anselm’s ontological argument is about the fact that nothing greater than God can be…

have to be far beyond the human mind and therefore, people would never actually understand who or what he is. Anselm’s argument for the existence of God struck me hard because in a way he is arguing something which I believe but, he uses the line of thought as a way to prove the existence of God rather than using it to shut the door as I had done. By looking at Anselm’s first argument for the existence of God I felt lost as to a rebuttal to his claims. However, by looking at Darwin’s explanation…

was during those days that he composed Gods argument. He later became archbishop of Canterbury and maintained his studies. To understand the ontological argument one must first know that the arguments claim to logical attempt to demonstrate the existence of God itself. The ontological argument which claims when we understand the idea of God then we see that God must exist in this reality. This argument is very different from the cosmological argument which is by cause and the teleological…

In this paper I will argue that St. Anselm’s ontological argument is not adequate in proving the existence of God. First I will discuss his ambiguous use of the term “God”. Then, I will move on to analyze the term “greatest” made in his premises. Lastly, I will also criticize Anselm's argument by demonstrating that Anselm’s reply to Gaunilo’s objections are unconvincing. Anselm was the first one who developed the ontological argument, an argument for God’s existence based on reason, not on…

Anselm’s argument is very different in how he goes about it. He creates an argument which has the form of a reductio ad absurdum, which means it states a hypothesis, proves that it has absurd or unacceptable implications, and then concludes that the hypothesis is false. In this case Anselm’s hypothesis is that God does not exist and proves it to be false proving that God does in fact exist. His argument rests upon the conception of God as “that than which no greater can be conceived”. This…

The two arguments that I think are the most compelling from this unit are the Ontological Argument, which is a priori argument, meaning before the experience. The other argument that is compelling is the Cosmological argument which is a posterior argument, or after the experience. The Ontological argument cam from Anselm and it states that “it is greater to exist in the mind and reality that just the mind, therefore God must exist” (McGowan). The Ontological argument isn’t about facts about…