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The logically possible, the ontologically possible and ontological proofs of God's existence

โœ Scribed by David L. Paulsen

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1984
Tongue
English
Weight
454 KB
Volume
16
Category
Article
ISSN
0020-7047

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โœฆ Synopsis

Contemporary defenders of the various versions of the ontological argument for God's existence commonly acknowledge that the cogency of each variant critically depends upon the logical coherence of a premise affirming God's existence. They commonly fail to notice, however, that the cogency of each such argument-variant further depends on a fundamental assumption (hereafter referred to as "A") that, for any proposition, p, affirming that some state of affairs, s, (e.g., the existence of God) obtains, if (i) p is logically possible then (ii) s ontologically (or really) could obtain.

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