PHIL 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Theism, Logical Form
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Possible counter argument to anselm: existence isn"t a real predicate. Rebuttal: the argument of god is invalid, but is not the same argument form that. Look at a and b: g"s island, material object. There always can be better than it: g"s talking about/comparing two di erent things. God, apb (absolutely perfect being), prob isn"t material. Is god a possible being: can create a stone so heavy that he himself cannot lift it, cant be immutable (capable of changing) & omniscient (god knows about all times) God can create a stone of any weight and lift it: god is eternal. Eternality=god had complete possession of all at once of illimitable life (of life without any limit) Introverted mystical experience is whats meant by religious experience in this sense. Ordinary experience and religious experiences stand/fall together. that of the theist. Unanimity thesis: numerous individuals from quite di erent cultures, religious traditions, and times, have had the same mystical experience.
