Ontological Arguments

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Ontological arguments claim that...

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...we can deduce God's existence from the concept of "God".

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Who claimed that God is, "that than which nothing greater can be conceived."?

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Anselm

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Why does Anselm reject the assertion, "God does not exist."?

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God must exist in order to be the greatest conceivable being.

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What is the basic argument put forward by Gaunilo?

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Something doesn't have to exist just because it's conceivable.

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According to Descartes, what entails God's existence?

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God's perfect attributes, e.g. the omnis.

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Applying Hume's fork suggests that "God exists," is...

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a synthetic statement.

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What does Kant mean when he says that existence isn't a predicate?

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Existence isn't a distinctive property of an object.

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What does Malcom say makes "God exists," an analytic truth?

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"Exists" refers to necessary existence.

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What do Anselm and Malcom fail to do?

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Prove that God actually exists.