Platonism about Goodness - Anselm's Proof in the "Monologion"

In the opening chapter of the Monologion, Anselm offers an intriguing proof for the existence of a Platonic form of goodness. This proof is extremely interesting, both in itself and for its place in the broader argument for God's existence that Anselm develops in the Monologion as a whole. Even...

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1. VerfasserIn: Brower, Jeffrey E. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Université Catholique de Louvain [2019]
In: TheoLogica
Jahr: 2019, Band: 3, Heft: 2, Seiten: 3-30
RelBib Classification:KAE Kirchengeschichte 900-1300; Hochmittelalter
NBC Gotteslehre
VA Philosophie
weitere Schlagwörter:B Goodness
B Universals
B Platonism
B God
B Anselm
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Zusammenfassung:In the opening chapter of the Monologion, Anselm offers an intriguing proof for the existence of a Platonic form of goodness. This proof is extremely interesting, both in itself and for its place in the broader argument for God's existence that Anselm develops in the Monologion as a whole. Even so, it has yet to receive the scholarly attention that it deserves. My aim in this article is to begin correcting this state of affairs by examining Anslem's proof in some detail. In particular, I aim to clarify the proof's structure, motivate and explain its central premises, and begin the larger project of evaluating its overall success as an argument for Platonism about goodness.
ISSN:2593-0265
Enthält:Enthalten in: TheoLogica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.14428/thl.v3i2.14803