Ontological arguments
Proving the existence of God is a perennial philosophical ambition. An armchair proof would be the jackpot. Ontological arguments promise as much. This Element studies the most famous ontological arguments from Anselm, Descartes, Plantinga, and others besides. While the verdict is that ontological a...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Philosophy and religion
B God ; Proof, Ontological B God Proof, Ontological |
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| Summary: | Proving the existence of God is a perennial philosophical ambition. An armchair proof would be the jackpot. Ontological arguments promise as much. This Element studies the most famous ontological arguments from Anselm, Descartes, Plantinga, and others besides. While the verdict is that ontological arguments don't work, they get us entangled in fun philosophical puzzles, from philosophy of religion to philosophy of language, from metaphysics to ethics, and beyond. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Dec 2020) |
| ISBN: | 1108686990 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781108686990 |