The ontological argument
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The ontological argument St Anselm and Descartes both famously presented an ontological argument for the existence of God. (The word ‘ontological’ comes from ‘ontology’, the study of (-ology) of what exists or ‘being’ (ont).) Their versions of the argument are slightly different, but they both argue that we can deduce the existence of God from the idea of God. Just from thinking about what God is, we can conclude that God must exist. Because it doesn’t depend on experience in any way, the ontological argument is a priori. Directory: handouts religion handouts religion -> From sense experience to the Forms handouts religion -> Miracles and the competing truth claims of different religions handouts religion -> Freud: a psychological explanation handouts religion -> The origins of ‘God’: experience and explanation handouts religion -> The argument Download 123 Kb. Share with your friends:
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