Rethinking the Ontological Argument: A Neoclassical Theistic Response. By Daniel A. Dombrowski

After years of being regarded as merely one of the oddities of philosophical ingenuity, the ontological argument sustained a remarkable revival in the latter part of the twentieth century, with the realization that two different arguments could be found in St Anselm (whether he realized this or not)...

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Main Author: Sturch, Richard 1936- (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2007
In: The journal of theological studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 789-790
Review of:Rethinking the ontological argument (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006) (Sturch, Richard)
Rethinking the ontological argument (Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2006) (Sturch, Richard)
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Summary:After years of being regarded as merely one of the oddities of philosophical ingenuity, the ontological argument sustained a remarkable revival in the latter part of the twentieth century, with the realization that two different arguments could be found in St Anselm (whether he realized this or not), one based on the idea that existence itself was a perfection, and one on the idea that necessary existence was. The former had probably been demolished by Kant; the latter acquired a new lease of life in the hands of thinkers like Malcolm, Plantinga, and Hartshorne.
ISSN:1477-4607
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jts/flm084