Everything Wrong with the Modal Ontological Argument
1) Things that exist, exist. (law of identity)
2) Things that exist necessarily are a subset of things that exist. (definition)
3) Therefore, things that exist necessarily, exist. (from 1 and 2)
4) Maximally great beings are things that exist necessarily. (Definition)
5) Therefore, maximally great beings exist. (from 3 and 4)
6) God is a maximally great being. (definition)
7) Therefore, God exists. (from 5 and 6)
Gee, wasn't that easy?
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• The Ontological Argument (The Introdu...
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