Major issues in philosophy

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The Existence of God : Ontological Argument

Ontological argument of God existence is an attempt to prove that God exists by asserting that existence of God is in essence logically necessary , while on the other hand asserting that God does not exist according to ontological argument is rendered self contradictory (Aquinas , T Theologica 19 . According to ontological argument , it implies that God existence is grounded in the priori proof that utilizes reason and intuition alone . In other words , the ontological argument emphasize that existence

of God can be proved in the sense that , if concept of God can be conceived then He must exist (Anselm 28

The ontological argument can be presented as

a . God is the greatest possible being imaginable

b . It follows that It is greater for a being to be necessary than not

c . Therefore God , as the greatest possible being , must be necessary

d . Therefore , God necessarily exists (Anselm 47

From the above argument , the conclusion that God exists is necessitated by the reason informed by connectivity of the premises . For instance premise a ' God by definition and attributes is a being than greater can be imagined , which leads to premise b ' that this greatest being imaginable is a being that necessarily exist in idea exist as well as in reality and therefore is greater than a being that does not exist necessarily . As a result of combination of premise a and b , it imply that the greatest being exist in...