PHIL 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Theodicy, Ontological Argument, Natural Evil

• School: McGill University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 200
• Professor: Michael Blome Tillmann

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Anselm"s ontological argument (the study of what exists) A posteriori (after): an a posteriori claim is one that can be known or justified only by experience ex: there are more than 20 people in the room right now (look around and count), history, english class. P1: by definition, a p-island is the greatest possible island. P2: a p-island that exists is greater than a merely an imaginary one. P1: if anselm"s ontological argument is valid, then my p-island argument is valid. Doesn"t follow from this fact that there are any e-unicorns. P1: if god exists, god is all powerful, knowing and good= if p then q. P2: if god is all powerful, knowing and good (pkg), there would be no evil= if q then not r. P2: if god is all pkg, there wouldn"t be any more evil than is necessary as a result of free will or for character building.