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Anselm's Neglected Argument

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2002

Abstract

Anselm is commonly credited with two a priori arguments for God's existence, the non-modal argument of Proslogion 2 and a modal argument some find in Proslogion 3. But his Reply to Gaunilo contains a third. The argument as Anselm gives it has flaws, but they are not fatal, and its main premise can serve as the basis of a simpler, stronger argument.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2002

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