Further Thoughts on the Ontological Argument

A little while ago I thought the ontological argument dead and buried beyond any possible hope of resurrection and no philosophical event has caused me much greater surprise than its revival by a member of the very linguistic school to whose line of thinking it seemed most alien and who were held to...

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Main Author: Ewing, Alfred C. 1899-1973 (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [1969]
In: Religious studies
Year: 1969, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 41-48
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