Philosophy 1305F/G Lecture 5: Philosophy 1305F/G - Lecture 5.docx
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St. anselm"s ontological argument a priori (no sense experience) Anselm claims that god is that which no greater can be conceived. This definition points to the existence of god because it encompasses every possibility, variation, and extension of every definition. St. thomas aquinas" self-evident proposition (not on the exam) This is because the word god cannot be defined: st. thomas refutes anselm, saying that anselm"s argument is fallacious because it assumes that we can define god. 3 further exceptions to st. thomas aquinas" second ontological argument, by adler: does not talk about continued preservation. To talk about the future of frank is to strip it of its a postiori level. It is not to talk about what we can see, but what we can"t see. Thus this is not a good objection to st. thomas" argument: only talks about a part of the world.