Two Types of Ontological Frame and Gödel's Ontological Proof
The aim of this essay is twofold. First, it outlines the concept of ontological frame (or structure). Secondly, two models are distinguished on this structure. The first one is connected to Kants concept of possible object and the second one relates to Leibnizs. Leibniz maintains that the source o...
| Published in: | European journal for philosophy of religion |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2012]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Summary: | The aim of this essay is twofold. First, it outlines the concept of ontological frame (or structure). Secondly, two models are distinguished on this structure. The first one is connected to Kants concept of possible object and the second one relates to Leibnizs. Leibniz maintains that the source of possibility is the mere logical consistency of the notions involved, so that possibility coincides with analytical possibility. Kant, instead, argues that consistency is only a necessary component of possibility. According to Kant, something is possible if there is a cause capable of bringing it into existence; to this end consistency alone is not sufficient. Thus, while the Leibnizian notion of consistency is at the root of the concept of analytical possibility, the Kantian notion of possibility is the source of real possibility. This difference plays an important role in the discussion of Gödels ontological proof, which can be formally interpreted on the ontological frame of the pure perfections. While this proof, under some emendation condition, is conclusive in the context of Leibnizs ontological model, it is not so within the Kantian one. This issue will be the subject of the second part of the present essay. |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v4i2.301 |