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| Proof of God’s existence: Proofs of God are attempts to prove the existence of God through thinking. Examples are argumentations from an imagined initial or final state or from the attribution of qualities that would be contradictory without the existence of God._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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R. Descartes on Proof of God’s Existence - Dictionary of Arguments
Danto I 189 Ontological proof of God/Descartes/Danto: if God did not exist, he could be prevented only by something outside the existence - which contradicts the thesis that God is not limited by anything. I 191 In the case of God the understanding of the idea already leads to knowledge about his existence by itself - we cannot know what God is and doubt his existence. >Knowledge, >Existence, >Understanding, >Ideas, >Doubt, >God, >Definitions, >Definability. Danto I 193 Rationalism/ontological proof of God/Descartes/Danto: Rationalism > understanding = knowledge of existence Rationalism/Danto: 1st out of concepts 2nd starting from that conceive the nature and existence of the world. KantVsRationalism: existence is not a property. >Properties, >Predicate of existence, >Predication, >Rationalism._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Danto I A. C. Danto Connections to the World - The Basic Concepts of Philosophy, New York 1989 German Edition: Wege zur Welt München 1999 Danto III Arthur C. Danto Nietzsche as Philosopher: An Original Study, New York 1965 German Edition: Nietzsche als Philosoph München 1998 Danto VII A. C. Danto The Philosophical Disenfranchisement of Art (Columbia Classics in Philosophy) New York 2005 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28