Saint Anselm and Gaunilo on the Existence of God
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https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphil.2023.3.05Keywords:
Saint Anselm, Gaunilo, existence, God, ontological argumentAbstract
The best-known version of the ontological argument was formulated by Saint Anselm of Canterbury. With his argument Anselm tried to prove the existence of God. In my paper I restate all the propositions of Anselm’s argument, and also present Gaunilo’s counterarguments. Finally, I raise some problems that further analysis of the argument could benefit from.
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