Ontological Arguments: Can Existence Follow from a Concept?
Key terms
- Ontological argument
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Metaphysics of God · 3.2–3.2.3
Arguments for God’s Existence
Compare ontological, design and cosmological arguments, then test their premises, analogies, explanatory principles and conclusion reach.
Can reason or features of the world establish that God exists?
Compare ontological, design and cosmological arguments, then test their premises, analogies, explanatory principles and conclusion reach.
Key terms
- Ontological argument
- Teleological argument
- Cosmological argument
- Principle of sufficient reason
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