WorksheetsOntological Arguments
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
Ontological arguments claim that...
... we can induce God's existence from natural phenomena.
...we can deduce God's existence from the concept of "God".
...we can deduce God's existence from considering causation and contingent existence.
Who claimed that God is, "that than which nothing greater can be conceived."?
Aquinas
Anselm
Malcolm
Why does Anselm reject the assertion, "God does not exist."?
God must exist in order to be the greatest conceivable being.
You can't think of anything that doesn't exist.
Existence is contingent.
What is the basic argument put forward by Gaunilo?
God is a contingent being.
Perfect islands are contingent.
Something doesn't have to exist just because it's conceivable.
According to Descartes, what entails God's existence?
The fact that we can conceive of "God".
The contradictory nature of "God doesn't exist."
God's perfect attributes, e.g. the omnis.
Applying Hume's fork suggests that "God exists," is...
a synthetic statement.
a relation of ideas.
an analytic truth.
What does Kant mean when he says that existence isn't a predicate?
Existence isn't a distinctive property of an object.
Existence isn't a component of deductive arguments.
Existence is contingent.
What does Malcom say makes "God exists," an analytic truth?
The concept of God isn't self-contradictory.
God can't not exist.
"Exists" refers to necessary existence.
What do Anselm and Malcom fail to do?
Define "God".
Prove that God actually exists.
Respond to Kant coherently.
