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ontological argument
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ontological argument
n Philosophy
1. (Philosophy) the traditional a priori argument for the existence of God on the grounds that the concept itself necessitates existence Compare cosmological argument, teleological argument
2. any analogous argument from the nature of some concept to the existence of whatever instantiates it


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His topics include the link between religion and the philosophy of religion, diversity and pluralism, conceptions of ultimate reality, cosmological and ontological arguments for God's existence, problems of evil, faith and reason, religious experience, and death and the afterlife.
The ontological arguments and moral arguments come under a priori arguments.
One obvious problem with the "perspectival" interpretation of Descartes is that he formulates both his epistemological and ontological arguments by rejecting the idea that certainty can be derived from sensual apprehension of the world.
 
 
 
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