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Criticisms of the Ontological Argument

Adrian Mutu Religious Studies A-Level English 4 cards

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1Thomas Aquinas- Rejects the certainty that humans have the correct concept of God.
- We can only know if God exists through Gods work in the world (a posteriori).
2David Hume- Existence is not a predicate that someone can or can not have.
- You can't take an idea in the mind, apply logic and have a conclusion in the observable universe.
3Bertrand Russell- The word exist is used incorrectly.
- Existence is an extension of an intention.
- The definition does not prove God exists with the extension.
4Gottlob Frege- 1st order predicates tell us about the nature of an object e.g. colour and size
- 2nd order predicates tell us nothing about the nature of something.