OA scholars
proponent: | 12th century St Anselm ‘God is not possible not to be’ | 20th century Norman Malcolm ‘It is logically impossible for God to not exist’ |
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critic: | Gaunilo ‘The Perfect Island’ | Russell ‘Ontological Arguments are cases of bad grammar’ |
defender: | Plantinga ‘You cannot compare islands to God’ | William Lane Craig ‘The OA is logically valid; if it's premises are true, then the conclusions necessarily follow’ |
revised proposition: | 12th century - St Anselm ‘God’s existence is necessary’ | n/a |
critic: | Kant ‘Existence is not a predicate’ | n/a |
defender: | Descartes ‘Existence is a predicate of perfection’ | n/a |
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