PHIL 2003 Midterm: Philosophy Midterm Study Guide Completed

• School: University of Arkansas
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 2003
• Professor: Bobby Howard

Document Summary

Test one will be a week from today (next monday morning). You"ll have to write two essays that answer two of the following prompts. You will have some degree of choice on the test (i"ll provide 3 or 4 of these, and you"ll choose two to respond to): state anselm"s ontological argument for the existence of god. What are some of the merits of this argument (is it valid, does it have true premises, etc. Explain in detail the two primary objections to anselm"s argument. Do you think this argument ultimately succeeds in proving (or, providing good reason for believing in) the existence of. Defend your position: 8, god is something than which nothing greater can be thought (gpb), even the fool must concede that god, at the very least, exists in the understanding- for what is understood exists in the understanding.