RE: A 21st Century Ontological Argument: does it work.
January 9, 2024 at 8:10 pm
(This post was last modified: January 9, 2024 at 8:14 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
In modal logic they're the same thing. The s7 hook is fun too. The statements "a god exists in some possible world" and "gods necesarrily do not exist in every other possible world" can both be true..simultaneously, and that means that the statement "god exists" is true in every possible world, including the actual one (the one we live in) - even if this actual world is one of the possible worlds in which god necessarily does not exist. Sort of like saying that if peacocks exist in some country then, even if they don't exist in your country, the statement peacocks exist is still true in both countries.
As for the opq, even though op is gone...does it work? Depends on what work you want to do. Does it prove a god exists, or, frankly, what it sets out to prove? No. Plantinga, the author of the successful variant, acknowledges this. At best...and again, according to it's author.... it shows how..if a person believes that gods might be possible, it could be rational to believe they exist. Alot to unpack there - but I think it's incredible how a field that was once devoted to proving gods existence has settled for attempting to prove that anyone who believes in god isn't a loon. Talk about intellectual and societal decay. They call him saint for this..even in jest?
As for the opq, even though op is gone...does it work? Depends on what work you want to do. Does it prove a god exists, or, frankly, what it sets out to prove? No. Plantinga, the author of the successful variant, acknowledges this. At best...and again, according to it's author.... it shows how..if a person believes that gods might be possible, it could be rational to believe they exist. Alot to unpack there - but I think it's incredible how a field that was once devoted to proving gods existence has settled for attempting to prove that anyone who believes in god isn't a loon. Talk about intellectual and societal decay. They call him saint for this..even in jest?
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