| Description |
vii, 373 pages ; 22 cm |
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PART I. The argument in Anselm. 1. Proslogion (Chapts. 2-4) / Anselm -- 2. Criticism and reply / Gaunilo and Anselm -- 3. Recent discussions of Anselm's argument / Arthur C. McGill -- 4. A Platonic justification for the argument a priori / A. Beckaert -- 5. A presupposition of the proof: the name of God / Karl Barth -- 6. Proslogion III: The special existence of God / Karl Barth -- 7. The role of the fool in St. Anselm and the necessarily apostolic character of true Christian reflection / André Hayen -- 8. Anselm's theology in the Proslogion / Anselm Stolz -- PART II. The argument in recent philosophy. 9. Introduction / John Hick -- A. Is existence a predicate? 10. General propositions and existence / Bertrand Russell -- 11. Existence, predication and the ontological argument / Jerome Shaffer -- B. The Helgelian use of the argument. 12. Mr. Collingwood and the ontological argument / Gilbert Ryle -- 13. Mr. Ryle and the ontological argument / E.E. Harris -- 14. Back to the ontological argument / Gilbert Ryle -- 15. St. Anselm's argument in relfexive philosophy / Aimé Forest -- C. The second form of the argument. 16. Anselm's ontological arguments / Norman Malcolm -- 17. What did Anselm discover? / Charles Hartshorne -- 18. The irreducibly modal structure of the argument / Charles Hartshorne -- 19. A critique of the 'second argument' / John Hick |
| Analysis |
Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109 |
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God - Proof, Ontological |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p. 357-370 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 357-370. Bibliographical footnotes |
| Subject |
Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109.
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Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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God -- Proof, Ontological.
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Philosophy, Medieval.
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| Author |
McGill, Arthur Chute.
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| LC no. |
67012340 |
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