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Rave Concerning the Relationship Between the Ontological and Cosmological Arguments. pt 4.

Before I actually start this rave, I must confess that I have been remiss. Philosophical musing are called “raves” with a nod to Stu Hackett, my adviser at Trinity Evangelical. Dr. Hackett taught at Wheaton forever bef…
Rave Concerning the Relationship Between the Ontological and Cosmological Arguments. pt 3.

First, allow me to apologize to Taylor University Philosophers if any of this look familiar. I understand that Professor Corduan has agued that the ontological argument depends on the cosmological rather than the revers…
Rave Concerning the Relationship Between the Ontological and Cosmological Arguments. pt 2.

Part one ended with an implicated argument that no cosmological can stand on its own. 5. The cosmological argument moves from finite and contingent being needing to be grounded in infinite and necessary. 6. …
Rave Concerning the Relationship Between the Ontological and Cosmological Arguments. pt 1.

Okay, the title is a mouthful and this rave will likely be in about three or four parts. Ontological and Cosmological arguments have been seen as related to each other for at least as long Kant and one might well go bac…
Rave on Findlay’s “Can God’s Existence be Disproven:” An Outline (pt. 3)

I confess, I am not the most careful of readers, but after reading my last post and Findlay’s famous article, I can’t believe that I can still miss the blazingly obvious. Two posts ago I had wondered why Findlay seems t…
Rave on Findlay’s “Can God’s Existence be Disproven:” An Outline (pt. 2)

In the previous post I outlined three difficulties (between God and the World, God and his existence and God and his nature) Findlay presented and it would be convenient if followed up with either one that took in all th…
Rave on Findlay’s “Can God’s Existence be Disproven:” An Outline, pt 1

Alright, I suppose it is about time I actually tried to summarize Findlay’s entire argument rather look at the bare-bones of its tail-end. Findlay starts with the characterization of God that I mentioned last time: (f)…
Rave on that Worthy Object (Excursus 2)

Compare the following: (a) God is that than which none greater can be conceived (b) God is the Infinite Being (c) God is that being that includes every positive perfection (d) God is the most perfect being (…
Rave on Necessity and Existence pt 3. (Excursus 1)

Before I continue with Findlay’s argument itself, it occurred to me that two matters must first be settled. I have neglected to wrap up the matter necessity and existence in any sort of way. It also occurred to me that…
Rave on Necessity and Existence (pt 1)

Before starting on this rave, I would like to briefly observe that if both the ontological arguments for and against God’s existence are valid we would have something of a Kantian Antinomy on our hands. Judging from on…