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单词 ontological argument
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Definition of ontological argument in English:

ontological argument

noun
Philosophy
  • The argument that God, being defined as most great or perfect, must exist, since a God who exists is greater than a God who does not.

    Compare with cosmological argument and teleological argument
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So, in the end, all three arguments reduce to the ontological argument, which tells us that God must exist, since existence belongs to the very concept of God.
    • The most important of those proofs were the ontological argument, the cosmological argument, and the teleological argument.
    • A third argument - now dubbed the ontological argument - maintains that the greatest possible being must exist since it is logically contradictory to assert otherwise.
    • Does anybody else know of any other ontological arguments?
    • However, the contention that the cosmological argument depends on the ontological argument is based on a confusion.
 
 

Definition of ontological argument in US English:

ontological argument

nounˌän(t)əˌläjəkəl ˈärɡyəmənt
Philosophy
  • The argument that God, being defined as most great or perfect, must exist, since a God who exists is greater than a God who does not.

    Compare with argument from design, cosmological argument, and teleological argument
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The most important of those proofs were the ontological argument, the cosmological argument, and the teleological argument.
    • A third argument - now dubbed the ontological argument - maintains that the greatest possible being must exist since it is logically contradictory to assert otherwise.
    • So, in the end, all three arguments reduce to the ontological argument, which tells us that God must exist, since existence belongs to the very concept of God.
    • However, the contention that the cosmological argument depends on the ontological argument is based on a confusion.
    • Does anybody else know of any other ontological arguments?
 
 
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