The Ontological Argument

The Ontological Argument.

• Paley

• St Anselm

• St Aquinas

The Ontological Argument.

• Inductive

• Deductive

Anselm has this many premises.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

The Ontological Argument does not rely on:

• Reasoning

• Omnipotence

• Empirical Evidence

This man said that existence is not a predicate - it tells us nothing of God and so he rejects the Ontological Argument. (Only type one word, otherwise your answer will be marked as incorrect.)

(a)  

Gaunilo believed in God.

• True

• False

Gaunilo said that based on St Anselm's original version of the Ontological Argument, anything could be conceived in our minds to exist.

• True

• False

Gaunilo referred to...

• A perfect pony

• A perfect island

• A perfect cake

This man believed that it was not possible to define something into existence - in other words, you cannot define God into existence. (Write only one word, otherwise your answer will be marked as incorrect.)

(a)  

This man said that statements about existence have to be synthetic - proved through sense experience - rather than analytic (just decided on in the mind).

• Kant

• Hume

• Aquinas