1.(Philosophy) the traditional a priori argument for the existence of God on the grounds that the concept itself necessitates existence. Comparecosmological argument,teleological argument 2.any analogous argument from the nature of some concept to the existence of whatever instantiates it ...
1. (Philosophy) the traditional a priori argument for the existence of God on the grounds that the concept itself necessitates existence. Compare cosmological argument, teleological argument 2. any analogous argument from the nature of some concept to the existence of whatever instantiates it Collins...
The ontological argument and the problem of existence in analytic philosophyGodnecessary existenceontological argumentperfectionmodal logicIn the recent decades, the ontological argument has been both criticized and defended by philosophers working in the analytic tradition. The modal...
Ontology is the philosophy of existence and being, studied by many philosophers over the centuries. What does Anselm's ontological argument mean? Anselm's ontological argument is his argument in favor of God. Anselm argues that God is real because he is better than anything that is just ...
Those who are angry with philosophy for thinking religion do not know what they are asking. Hatred and envy are both at work here under the outward show of humility. True humility consists in sinking one’s spirit in the truth, in what is most inward, in having the object, and nothing ...
a study of the linguistic structures ofontology", and in 1985 he earned his Ph.D in the philosophy on the subject "study ofargumentationand its methods" (in French: Essai sur les logiques des raisonnements argumentatifs et naturels, literally "Essay on the logic of reasoningargumentativesand ...
Instead of taking phenomenology as prima philosophia or a foundational discipline, Heidegger took it as a metaphysical ontology: "being is the proper and sole theme of philosophy... this means that philosophy is not a science of beings but of being." 不同于将现象学视为第一哲学或基础学科,海...
Philosophy 101 Anselm’s ontological argument was challenged by a contemporary monk,Gauniloof Marmoutier, in theLiber pro insipiente, or “Book in Behalf of the Fool Who Says in His Heart There Is No God.” Gaunilo denied that an idea of a being includes existence in the objective order...
Stacey Snyder Professor McMichael Introduction to Philosophy April 08, 2014 Paley’s Teleological Argument In this paper, I will be discussing Paley’s teleological argument for the existence of God. This is a valid argument but in my opinion it is not enough to prove the existence of God. ...
Bertrand Russell - about as far from Jack as you can expect in both personal philosophy, training in logic, and fiddling around - said it was far easier to believe the argument is not valid than to point out exactly where the fallacy lies. That's a pretty heady statement coming from one...