How is the question ‘Is Existence a Predicate?’ relevant to the ontological argument?

It is often said that the ontological argument fails because it wrongly treats existence as a first-level property or predicate. This has proved a controversial claim, and efforts to evaluate it are complicated by the fact that the words ‘existence is not a property/predicate’ have been used by phil...

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Main Author: Forgie, J. William (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2008
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2008, Volume: 64, Issue: 3, Pages: 117-133
Further subjects:B Ontological Argument
B Gassendi
B Caterus objection
B Predicates
B God
B Existence
B Kant
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