Showing posts with label Ontological Argument. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ontological Argument. Show all posts

Friday, 29 November 2013

The Ontological Argument

This is Alvin Plantinga's version of the ontological argument - in a restated format.

I discovered it through the following video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO-bTsMZQFQ&list=PL48F0C019551ADD08

1. It is possible that a maximally great being exists.

2. If it is possible that a maximally great being exists, then a maximally great being exists in some possible world.

3. If a maximally great being exists in some possible world, then it exists in every possible world.

4. If a maximally great being exists in every possible world, then it exists in the actual world.

5. If a maximally great being exists in the actual world, then a maximally great being exists.

6. Therefore, a maximally great being exists.