Majesty of Reason | 11 Ontological Arguments: An Analysis @MajestyofReason | Uploaded July 2022 | Updated October 2024, 22 hours ago.
From Anselm to Descartes to Pruss and Nagasawa, ontological arguments have captivated philosophers and laity alike. In this video, I analyze eleven such arguments for God's existence.

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RESOURCES

100+ Argument Resource Document: docs.google.com/document/d/1qWHRyegTNlBXC9Bupxl2ZSmEUTeXvi0KEeg0W0VW288/edit?usp=sharing

OUTLINE

0:00 Intro
0:45 Anselm’s First OA (Proslogion II)
27:07 Descartes’ OA
30:13 Anselm’s Second OA (Proslogion III)
36:09 Hartshorne on Anselm’s Proslogion III
36:31 Maydole’s Reconstruction
36:40 Anselm’s Other Argument
40:55 Plantinga’s Modal OA
44:59 The Phenomenal Defense of Plantinga’s Possibility Premise
56:01 Gödel’s OA
1:05:01 Pruss’s Improvement on Gödel’s OA
1:06:45 Maydole’s Modal Perfection Argument
1:13:50 Bernstein’s OA
1:18:50 Nagasawa’s Maximal God Approach

LINKS

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