Is that the "if I can think it, it must exist somewheres" argument?
Alright guys, it was a good joke for like a thousand years, but let's all stop pretending that the ontology argument isn't totally stupid.
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I can't conceive of a better argument.
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There's nothing that necessitates ideas in the mind to be ideas in reality as well.
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The ontological argument is one of many examples of why I question the “greatest hits” format for teaching intro to philosophy. Is it wise to teach a history of philosophy (through primary sources!) at the same time you teach a conceptual framework for understanding philosophy?
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I think you mean “the ontological argument”. If so, let’s stop pretending there is such a thing as *the* ontological argument. There are many different versions with varying degrees of plausibility.
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The "I know you are but what am I" of its time
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Anselm’s contemporaries didn’t buy it either.
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Think Hume demolished it. Aquinas before him.
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