RE: The modal ontological argument for God
August 6, 2024 at 10:59 am
(This post was last modified: August 6, 2024 at 11:06 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Is the unicorn a necessary being? Then the argument works the same way. Is it not? Then the s5 theory of modal logic does not apply.
We could expand the statement for clarification - and we don't have to use gods. If an x is possibly necessary in any possible world..and the s5 theory of modal logic is true/applicable/informative...then the statement "x exists" is true in all possible worlds.
Plantinga would agree with the essence of your remarks, though, in that no one thinks the argument is compelling to anyone who doesn't already believe in gods.
We could expand the statement for clarification - and we don't have to use gods. If an x is possibly necessary in any possible world..and the s5 theory of modal logic is true/applicable/informative...then the statement "x exists" is true in all possible worlds.
Plantinga would agree with the essence of your remarks, though, in that no one thinks the argument is compelling to anyone who doesn't already believe in gods.
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