Ontological argument for the existence of God

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a priori argument argument for the existence of God deductive argument philosophical argument

The ontological argument for the existence of God is a philosophical proof that attempts to demonstrate God's existence purely through reason and the concept of a maximally perfect being, without relying on empirical evidence.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ontological argument for the existence of God canonical	1
Proposition 11 (God necessarily exists)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	a priori argument ⓘ argument for the existence of God ⓘ deductive argument ⓘ philosophical argument ⓘ
aimsToShow	God exists ⓘ
associatedWith	Anselm of Canterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	concept of God ⓘ modal reasoning ⓘ
centralConcept	existence as a perfection ⓘ maximally perfect being ⓘ necessary being ⓘ
criticizedBy	Bertrand Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ David Hume NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaunilo of Marmoutiers NERFINISHED ⓘ Immanuel Kant NERFINISHED ⓘ J. L. Mackie NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedIn	medieval Christian philosophy ⓘ
doesNotRelyOn	empirical evidence ⓘ
famousCritique	Gaunilo’s perfect island objection NERFINISHED ⓘ Hume’s skepticism about a priori existence proofs ⓘ Kant’s claim that existence is not a predicate ⓘ
field	metaphysics ⓘ philosophical theology ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ
firstFormulatedBy	Anselm of Canterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstMajorPresentation	Proslogion GENERATED ⓘ
hasVersion	Anselm’s ontological argument NERFINISHED ⓘ Descartes’ ontological argument NERFINISHED ⓘ Gödel’s ontological proof NERFINISHED ⓘ Hartshorne’s ontological argument NERFINISHED ⓘ Leibniz’s ontological argument NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman Malcolm’s ontological argument NERFINISHED ⓘ Plantinga’s modal ontological argument NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	11th century ⓘ
influenced	modern analytic philosophy of religion ⓘ
influencedBy	Augustinian theology NERFINISHED ⓘ
involves	comparison of possible and actual existence ⓘ definition of God as the greatest conceivable being ⓘ
keyNotion	analytic truth ⓘ conceptual analysis ⓘ maximal greatness ⓘ necessary existence ⓘ perfection ⓘ possible worlds ⓘ
logicalForm	modal logic argument ⓘ reductio ad absurdum ⓘ
statusInPhilosophy	highly controversial ⓘ widely discussed ⓘ
supports	classical theism ⓘ
uses	pure reason ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Proslogion → hasPart → Ontological argument for the existence of God ⓘ

Ethics, Part I → hasInfluentialProposition → Ontological argument for the existence of God ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proposition 11 (God necessarily exists)