Essays Tagged: "Ontological Argument"
Is there a God?
an sense.The first of the theories I looked at was that of St.Anslem of Canterbury. He supplies the ontological argument for the existence of God. The ontological argument states that by understanding ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
Anselm's Ontological Argument and the Philosophers
ade (such as Darwin'stheory of evolution). We can be sure that no such fate will happen to Anselm's OntologicalArgument (the name, by the way, coined by Kant).In form, Anselm's arguments are much like ... re with, say, Crito.Later philosophers have both accepted and denied the validity of Anselm's famousontological argument for the existence of God, presented in both the Proslogium and Monologium.Ansel ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
The existance of God
tence of God in his Meditations on First Philosophy. Descartes proves the existence of God using an ontological argument, one aimed at understanding the existence, the essence, the being of God. Saint ... nce, the being of God. Saint Anselm of Canterbury also makes the existence of God evident using the ontological proof. Following the natural flow of both arguments, Descartes' philosophical theory on ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Descartes' Fifth Meditation This essay provides insight into Descartes' Fifth Meditation and the existence of God
lly does in fact exist. He states his theories favoring God's existence, most notably in his second ontological argument. At the same time he also presents several possible objections that could come ... presents several possible objections that could come into play, and refutes them. Descartes' second ontological argument effectively provides evidence supporting the existence of God, and thus is succ ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Describe the ontological argument with reactions and contributions made to it by individual philosophers
The ontological argument is concerned with being it is an a priori argument for the existence of God. Th ... s derived from the mind. It is also a type of argument that follows reason and not ones senses. The ontological argument is based on words and their meanings. Anselm (1033-1109), was the first philoso ... based on words and their meanings. Anselm (1033-1109), was the first philosopher to put forward the ontological argument in a logical form. He was an Italian monk who later became Archbishop of Canter ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
Are Religion and Science One?
is based on observation. Religion on the other hand makes arguments analytical in nature (like the Ontological Argument by Anslem) and requires some unquestioned faith. In spite of leading us through ...
Subjects: Science Essays
Religious scepticism about the 'teleological argument'.
s. There are various arguments that try to deal with the existence of God a few of these are 1) the ontological argument, 2) the cosmological argument, and 3) the teleological argument.The ontological ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
What are the strengths of the Ontological Argument for God's existence
To asses the strengths of the Ontological Argument for Gods existence, we firstly need to understand what it entails. The Ontologi ... rue, as it is based on reasoning, and is a logical statement. This can be seen as a strength of the Ontological Argument, the fact that it is logical and rational. It deals with knowledge gained indep ... then you understand that he must exist. St. Anselm, an Archbishop of Canterbury, first proposed the Ontological Argument in his book 'Proslogian', according to Anselm, both theists and atheists have a ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
Descartes - Ontological Argument
God are innate. We know for certain this knowledge must have been hardwired by another being. This ontological argument is required here because questioning God's intentions is necessary for addressi ... perfection. Therefore, the external world which we perceive is a true process of sensory input. The ontological argument allows Descartes to challenge his own skeptical hypotheses. He questions the re ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Anselm's Logical Fallacy
l devices, I will present my own objection that I developed over the course of last summer.Anselm's ontological argument for God's existence is structured as follows: (1) God is that which nothing gre ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
Does God Exist?
uential philosopher between Augustine and Aquinas. Heproposed his argument for God's existence. His ontologicalargument is based on the thought of God as the highest being.Anselm's argument is differe ... st cause is therefore has to be known as God.Other philosophers provided criticism for both Anselm'sontological proof and Aquinas' efficient cause. One of them isImmanuel Kant. He attacks the ontologi ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
"The Ontological Argument": Explain the traditional forms of the ontological argument put forward by Anselm and Descartes
a) Explain the traditional forms of the ontological argument put forward by Anselm and Descartes. (33 marks)The ontological argument is a de ... ri argument that attempts to prove God's existence from logical reasoning. The first and best known ontological argument was proposed by St Anselm (Archbishop of Canterbury) in his writings 'Proslogio ... riticisms presented by Gaunilo and Kant successfully reject these arguments." Discuss (17 Marks)The ontological argument has been a very controversial topic in philosophy and many philosophers have cr ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
St. Anselm's Ontological Argument
An ontological argument is an argument for the conclusion that God exists based on premises derived fro ... d on premises derived from rationale; an argument founded on reasoned, a priori premises. The first ontological argument was proposed by St. Anselm of Canterbury in the 11th. Century A.D. Anselm claim ... true.St. Anselm uses the reductio ad absurdum argument combined with strong reasoning to prove the ontological argument. He uses the premise that God only exists in the mind, to later prove that God ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
The Ontological Argument
Outline and discuss the various forms of the Ontological Argument The Ontological Argument. Ontology is the branch of metaphysics dealing with th ... the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being. "˜Onto' means "˜being', the ontological argument is an a priori argument. And ontological argument for God's existence is an att ... nothing but the concept of God. The Cosmological Argument starts from a fact and leads to God, the Ontological Argument doesn't start from a fact. It is a UNIQUE argument because it is the only A PRI ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
CHAPTER 5 NOTES
y about the existence of God, or belief that it is impossible to know whether God exists or not.The Ontological Proof Rational-based on reasoning (reason and logic"¦just think) Anselm of Canter ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
God
ave been discussing some traditional arguments for his existence. In this paper, I will go over the ontological and cosmological arguments, and will try to point out some counter arguments against the ... arguments, and will try to point out some counter arguments against them.Let's begin analyzing the ontological argument which describes the actual existence of god, by the fact that his actual defini ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Euthryphro And Divine Command Theory
ted, which is the second obstacle. Descartes chose two arguments for the proof that God exists, the ontological argument and the cosmological argument. If one chose to accept either of these arguments ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Religious Belief and Skeptical Responses
d was formally envisaged by Descartes in his fifth mediation (Van Inwagen, 102). It is known as the ontological argument. The foundations of this argument lay in the supposition that anyone attempting ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Descartes: Ontology or Cosmology?
tes' argument for the existence of God, which he proposed in the Third Meditation, is more like the ontological argument than the cosmological argument for a number of reasons. The argument that Desca ... mething much more plausible. Descartes' argument, as stated previously, is much more similar to the ontological argument presented by Saint Anselm that the cosmological argument of Saint Thomas Aquina ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
To understand something you need to rely on your own experience and culture. Does this mean that it is impossible to have objective knowledge?
om saying 'it is not possible for us to gain objective knowledge'. The first statement refers to an ontological argument which deals with the nature of reality and existence. The second one refers to ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Contemporary Philosophy