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Plantinga's Ontological Argument.Leslie Allan - manuscriptdetails The ontological argument for the existence of God has enjoyed a recent renaissance among philosophers of religion. Alvin Plantinga's modal version is perhaps the most notable example. This essay critically examines Plantinga's rendition, uncovering both its strengths and weaknesses. The author concludes that while the argument is probably formally valid, it is ultimately unsound. Nonetheless, Plantinga's version has generated much interest and discussion. The author spends some time uncovering the reasons for the argument's powerful intuitive appeal. He concludes his essay (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation
(3 other versions)Eine grüblerische Argutation? Kant und Hegel zum Sein als Position.Hector Ferreiro - 2016 - In Donev Georgi, Kristeva Silviya, Cholakova Atanaska & Hesse Reinhard (eds.), Back to Metaphysics. University Press “Neofit Rilski”. pp. 259-277.details Kant claims that existence is not a real predicate that can be added to the concept of a thing, but that it is the mere positing of the thing. Kant considers this thesis to be evident for itself and therefore thinks that its rejection is the result of an " over-subtle argumentation ". In this paper I will show that the claim that existence is the positing of the content of mental concepts, far from being evident, rests on numerous philosophical (...) Download Export citation Bookmark
Kant on Existence, Predication, and the Ontological Argument.Jaakko Hintikka - 1981 - Dialectica 35 (1):127-146.details The ontological argument fails because of an operator order switch between (1) “necessarily there is an perfect being” and (2) “there is a being which necessarily is perfect”. Here (1) is trivially true logically but (2) problematic. Since Kant's criticisms were directed at the notion of existence, not at the step from (1) to (2), they are misplaced. They are also wrong, because existence can be a predicate. Moreover, Kant did not anticipate Frege's claim that “is” is ambiguous between existence, (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 17 citations
The one fatal flaw in Anselm's argument.Peter Millican - 2004 - Mind 113 (451):437-476.details Anselm's Ontological Argument fails, but not for any of the various reasons commonly adduced. In particular, its failure has nothing to do with violating deep Kantian principles by treating ‘exists’ as a predicate or making reference to ‘Meinongian’ entities. Its one fatal flaw, so far from being metaphysically deep, is in fact logically shallow, deriving from a subtle scope ambiguity in Anselm's key phrase. If we avoid this ambiguity, and the indeterminacy of reference to which it gives rise, then his (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 21 citations
Transformation and the Will in St. Anselm's Proslogion : A Response to Augustine's Articulation of the Problem of Human Evil.Ryan Topping - 2002 - The European Legacy 7 (1):33-43.details Download Export citation Bookmark
Religious Epistemology in John Hick’s Philosophy: A Nigerian Appreciation.Olusegun Noah Olawoyin - 2016 - Open Journal of Philosophy 6 (2):201-206.details Download Export citation Bookmark

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