Ontological Argument

Name the philosopher who developed the original OA.

• Descartes

• Plantinga

• Anselm

• Malcolm

Name the philosopher who developed the other traditional form of the OA.

• Descartes

• Plantinga

• Anselm

• Malcolm

Name 2 philosophers who developed modern reformulations of the OA.

• Descartes

• Plantinga

• Anselm

• Malcolm

How does Anselm describe God?

• That than which nothing greater can be conceived

• That which is the most perfect

• That than which nothing more powerful can be conceived

• That which is omnibenevloent

How does Descartes describe God?

• A supremely powerful being

• A supremely great being

• A supremely benevolent being

• A supremely perfect being

Name the writing in which Anselm outlined his OA.

• Meditations

• Proslogion

• The Nature of Necessity

• The Critique of Pure Reason

Name the writing in which Descartes outlined his OA.

• Meditations

• Proslogion

• The Nature of Necessity

• The Critique of Pure Reason

What is the meaning of ontological?

• Concerned with perfection

• Concerned with presence

• Concerned with power

• Concerned with being

What does 'reduction ad absurdum' mean?

• Reduce to complexity

• Reduce to absurdity

• Reduce to perfection

• Reduce to simplicity

A Priori and Deductive arguments base their reasoning on ...

• Logic

• Experience

• Evidence

• Prediction