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The Ontological Argument - valid or debunked?
RE: The Ontological Argument - valid or debunked?
(June 23, 2016 at 7:37 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:
(June 23, 2016 at 7:12 pm)SteveII Wrote: I don't think it is question begging. Through inductive reasoning you conclude that a MGB would be necessary. It is not an arbitrary property assigned to trigger the modal logic. 

I don't see how induction would help you there.  Can you explain?

You are right. I meant deductive.
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(June 23, 2016 at 7:12 pm)SteveII Wrote: I understand if you grow tired of this. No hard feelings if you don't want to continue.

I'm not so much tired of it as I feel it has run its course and I don't know where we would go from here.  You feel that greatness could be in principle defined, if not by this then by other arguments, whereas I find the notion incoherent.  It seems we are at an impasse.

You are correct. As always, it has been a pleasure. Thanks for challenging me to think carefully on these things.
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RE: The Ontological Argument - valid or debunked? - by SteveII - June 23, 2016 at 7:49 pm

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