PHIL 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gaunilo Of Marmoutiers, Ontological Argument, Cosmological Argument
PHIL 130
Lecture 4
Anselm and Gaunilo, Descartes
ANSELM
Wants to show that God is real: takes up question of God’s existence
Anselm often referred to as Father of Scholasticism
Believed in Christ, but though your beliefs had to be rational
Ontological argument – proving God is real
Cosmological argument – where did I come from, my parents. Where did my parents
come from, their parents… all the way to God
Ontological questions
oHow possible to deny existence of something without presupposing the
existence of the very thing whose existence is being denied?
oIs existence a property of things? (like color and shape are)
oAre there generally different modes of existence, if so, can the same thing exist
in different modes?
Wants to set out an argument to prove that God exists
oForm of argument: Idea -> Essece of idea -> exists
God -> “That than which nothing greater can be conceived -> God exists
If you say 3 is wrong, it contradicts 2
Gaunilo
Idea of Lost island
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Document Summary
Wants to show that god is real: takes up question of god"s existence. Anselm often referred to as father of scholasticism. Believed in christ, but though your beliefs had to be rational. Ontological argument proving god is real. Cosmological argument where did i come from, my parents. Where did my parents come from, their parents all the way to god. Wants to set out an argument to prove that god exists: form of argument: idea -> essece of idea -> exists. God -> that than which nothing greater can be conceived -> god exists. If you say 3 is wrong, it contradicts 2. If the essences are chaotic, there would be nothing true for them to refer to. Wants to prove existence of human mind, god, and the body: initially confronting own doubt. Distant/small (doubt) -> nearer/large (reason) -> dream (doubt) -> general objects (objects of physics) (reason) -> imagination -> most general objects (objects of.
