Ontological Argument (3)

Where does the ontological argument come from

St. Anselm

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2. (Premise) God exists in the understanding

a step by step exposition of the argument, which includes an explanation of the justification for each step

A. Assuming the opposite of what they want to prove B. Deriving, or showing how that assumption, together with some other true premises, logically leads to an something absurd, like a contradiction C. Concluding the initial (opposite) assumption is false

the structure of reductio ad absurdum arguments

prove their arguments by disproving the opposite, making the argument true by default

the distinction between existing in reality and existing in the understanding

reality= real life, physically real (Taj Mahal, Michael B Jordan) ; understanding= existing in thought (unicorns, gold mountain, HP)

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1. (Reductio assumption) God does not exist in reality

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10. The initial reductio assumption is false

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11. Therefore, God does exist in reality

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3. (Premise) Existence in reality is a perfection

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4.(Implied by premise 2) The existence of God in reality is possible (i.e. logically possible; i.e. not a contradiction)

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5. (conjoining 1&2) God exists in the understanding, but not reality

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6. (follows from 3) If something exists only in the understanding, but it is possible for the object to exist in reality as well, then it is possible for that object to be greater than it is

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7. (from 4,5,6) It is possible for God to be greater than he is.

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8. It is possible for [A BEING GREATER THAN WHICH IS NOT POSSIBLE] to be greater than it is

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9. Step 8 clearly expresses a contradiction (is absurd)

the concept of possibility that Anselm uses

possible means logically possible