Ontological Arguments and Belief in God

Download or read book Ontological Arguments and Belief in God written by Graham Oppy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-26 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a unique contribution to the philosophy of religion. It offers a comprehensive discussion of one of the most famous arguments for the existence of God: the ontological argument. The author provides and analyzes a critical taxonomy of those versions of the argument that have been advanced in recent philosophical literature, as well as of those historically important versions found in the work of St. Anselm, Descartes, Leibniz, Hegel and others.