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Chain 52
From Chains of Reason
The Ontological Argument is unsound.
Preliminary reading
Chain 50: A god must exist, by definition. [the Ontological Argument]
Link 1
- Premise 1
- An implication of the Ontological Argument is that the greatest imaginable example of any particular category of things must exist, by definition.
- Premise 2
- Putting aside the category of beings, the greatest imaginable example of any particular category of things - from unicorns to chairs - never exists in reality.
- see also:
- Chain 53: The greatest imaginable example of any particular category of things could still exist even if it does not exist in the universe.
- Conclusion
- The Ontological Argument is unsound.
- see also:
- concept: Proof by contradiction
- topic: The existence of a god or gods
External links
- Ontological argument - Wikipedia article
