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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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Jean Buridan on Proof of God’s Existence - Dictionary of Arguments
Geach I 264 Proof of God's Existence/BuridanVs: (Sophismata): counterevidence to the existence of God: For example, if one says "a God" or "a horse", one has not said anything that can be true or false. But if you add the verb "exists", then one does. Something is added. >Existence predicate, >Predicates, >Predication, >Copula. Joking argument: before the creation of the world, when God was alone, the "something added" could mean nothing. Therefore, it was not true. Therefore, God does not exist. Geach: of course, that was not meant seriously and was also a confusion in the use of "something more". >Something. I 265 This grammatical subject does not name another object. >Naming, >Denotation, >Subject, >Object, >Grammar, >Buridanus, >P. Geach, >Existence statements._____________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. |
Gea I P.T. Geach Logic Matters Oxford 1972 |
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