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Anselm’s Ontological Argument
Anselm was a great theologian and Christian philosopher during the eleventh century. Anselm’s Ontological argument, argues the existence of God. ... Below, Anselm’s Ontological argument will be explored further, as well as Gaunilon’s counterargument.
As mentioned above Anselm’s Ontological argument, attempts to prove the existence of God through a priori reasoning. ... On the other side of the spectrum there exists other arguments for gods existence, which includes the Teleological argument. Unlike the Ontological argument, Paley’s Teleological argument uses “design and natural law” to prove the existence of God. ...
In the analogy above Paley clearly makes his argument about “design and natural law”. ...
Among the many different arguments for Gods existence there are also criticisms against Anselm’s Ontological argument.
An argument criticizing Anselm’s Ontological argument is Gaunilo’s counterargument. Before I discuss Gaunilo’s counter argument, Anselm’s argument states:
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