Philosophy 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ontological Argument, Gaunilo Of Marmoutiers
19 Jan 2018
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The ontological argument for the existence of god. Scholar and theologian: ecclesiastical statesman: archbishop of canterbury (head of church) "argument" has at least two meanings: two matters of language, verbal disagreement, a reasoned support of a given idea. Arguments involving verbal disagreements (a) usually involved a reasoned support of a given idea (b). Ontological argument is an argument in the second sense----reasoned support for idea that god exists. In the reading it was an argument in the first sense between anselm and gaunilo. "ontological" means "having to do with being" or "having to do with existence" "onto" comes from greek verb "to be: digression on sasquatches. Define sasquatches: large, gorilla like creature, lives in mountains of the west coast of north. If you asked a regular person they wouldn"t respond with that. Note: the fact that we define god as a "being" does not entail that god exists. Premise 2: being real improves the status of something (again the beer)
