PHIL 1050 Lecture Notes - Ontological Argument, Gaunilo Of Marmoutiers

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Descartes thinks that since god made his mind, it should be a reliable guide to the truth. We look at more counter intuitive proof for the explanation of god in the 3rd meditation. God by definition has all perfections, and existing is one of those qualities. Although, it depends on what your talking about. It"s not a good thing that cancer exists. He compares reasoning in the ontological argument to the reasoning used to arrive at geometric truths. You can reflect on your concept of a triangle, and arrive at some geometric knowledge of a triangle (sum of sides, etc). You can do that just by analyzing your understanding of a triangle. Triangles must have certain properties to count as a triangle. Having 3 sides is part of its essence. When you discover the essence of something, you discover what it truly is. All of this doesn"t mean the object exists; essence and existence are two different things.

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