Title Anselm's other argument / A.D. Smith.

Descript 1 online resource (xi, 235 pages) Series Theory of Knowledge Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents The modal ontological argument -- Anselm's understanding of conceivability -- Anselm's understanding of possibility -- The proslogion iii argument -- Arguments in the reply to Gaunilo -- Anselm's other argument -- An assessment of the argument. Summary Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109 CE), in his work Proslogion, originated the "Anselm's Other Argument stakes an original claim in this debate, and takes it further. There is a second a priori argument in Anselm (specifically in the Reply), A.D. Smith contends, but it is not the modal argument past scholars have identified. This second argument surfaces in a number of forms, though always turning on certain deep, interrelated metaphysical issues Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109. Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109 Proslogion Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109. (OCoLC)fst00008160 Anselm Canterbury, Erzbischof, Heiliger 1033-1109 God -- Proof, Ontological -- Early works to 1800. Ontology. Modality (Theory of knowledge) ontology (metaphysics) RELIGION -- General. PHILOSOPHY -- Religious. God -- Proof, Ontological. (OCoLC)fst00944109 Modality (Theory of knowledge) (OCoLC)fst01024352 Ontology. (OCoLC)fst01045995 Gottesbeweis ISBN 9780674726000 (electronic bk.) 0674726006 (electronic bk.) 9780674725041 0674725042