A modified Meditation: exploring a grounding modal ontological argument
I present an argument for God's existence based on the idea that the possibility of God requires the existence of God as a ground. After setting this argument out, I compare it to other arguments for God, concentrating on an argument from Descartes's Third Meditation. I then address variou...
| Published in: | Religious studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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Religious studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 58, Issue: 4, Pages: 801-813 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Descartes, René 1596-1650, Philosophia 3-5
/ Ontological proof of God's existence
/ Existence of God
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Grounding
B Ontological Argument B modal ontological argument B meditations B Descartes |
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| Summary: | I present an argument for God's existence based on the idea that the possibility of God requires the existence of God as a ground. After setting this argument out, I compare it to other arguments for God, concentrating on an argument from Descartes's Third Meditation. I then address various objections and conclude by setting out a non-theistic version of the argument. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412521000421 |