PHI 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Proslogion, Academic Skepticism, Theism
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Knowledge and experience: distinguishes two types of knowledge . The emergence of rationalism: knowledge a priori. Indicates the kind of knowledge you have when your justification for knowledge doesn"t depend on your experiences: knowledge a posteriori. Knowledge where the justification essentially depends on the faculties of. Augustinian legacy your senses: believed that you cannot rely on your senses, they are untrustworthy, sought knowledge a priori. Anselm then tries to present an argument that, if successful, proves that god exists a priori. Says there is no possibility where god doesn"t exist: knowable a priori. Anselm claims that this proof does not rely on a person"s sense capacities. He believes it is immune to new academic skepticism. The ontological argument: this is the study of what there is and of what exists, and what it is like. It is a very broad, general look at reality. Anselm wants to establish an ontological claim that god exists.
