RE: The Ontological Argument for the Existence of God
February 5, 2016 at 2:17 pm
(This post was last modified: February 5, 2016 at 2:19 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 5, 2016 at 1:46 pm)Irrational Wrote: Maximally great being is defined by Plantinga to be a necessary being. From what I've read, and I'm no expert when it comes to such logic, but it seems third premise must always be true for necessary entities.
True, and that's part of the trouble, the argument doesn't actually -argue- it's way to a conclusion..it assumes and defines it's way to a conclusion that is entirely contained within it's assumptions.
Supposing we can determine actuality by reference to possibility alone in the first place, it's not certain that this argument would be a useful manner in which to do so.
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