Alvin Plantinga on the ontological argument

By taking ‘existence in reality’ to be a great-making property and ‘God’ to be the greatest possible being, Plantinga skillfully presents Anselm’s ontological argument. However, since he proves God’s existence by virtue of a premise, “God (a maximally great being) is a possible being”, that is true...

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Main Author: Rowe, William L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Nature B. V 2009
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2009, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 87-92
Further subjects:B Maximal excellence
B Maximal greatness
B Begs the question epistemically
B Anselm
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Summary:By taking ‘existence in reality’ to be a great-making property and ‘God’ to be the greatest possible being, Plantinga skillfully presents Anselm’s ontological argument. However, since he proves God’s existence by virtue of a premise, “God (a maximally great being) is a possible being”, that is true only if God actually exists; his argument begs the question of the existence of God.
ISSN:1572-8684
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11153-008-9182-9