PHIL 2003C Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Logical Possibility, Omnipotence, Ontological Argument
19 May 2017
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Religion and free will unit test (november 4, 2016) The divine attributes: omnipotent: having unlimited power, able to do anything, omniscient: knowing everything, perfectly good: undoubtedly perfect and good. Can god create a stone that is too heavy for him to lift: the(cid:374) there is so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g he (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t do, be(cid:272)ause there is so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g he (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t do, he is (cid:374)ot o(cid:373)(cid:374)ipote(cid:374)t. Response: god could, but he chooses not to, so he can do everything still. Can god draw a four-sided circle: aquinas: no! Response: a logical impossibility like the four-sided circle, god cannot create such a thing that does(cid:374)"t detra(cid:272)t fro(cid:373) his o(cid:373)(cid:374)ipote(cid:374)(cid:272)e. Everyone assumes the same definition for the greatest possible being. Premise #5 is a contradiction (strict opposite of #3) In a gist: the greatest possible being is someone who already exists (not in the mind) Pre(cid:373)ise 5 states a (cid:272)o(cid:374)tradi(cid:272)tio(cid:374): a(cid:374) atheist"s (cid:448)ie(cid:449) is self-contradicting.
