Modal Logic vs. Ontological Argument

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Bilat, Andrzej
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FILOZOFIA NAUKI | 2012年 / 20卷 / 01期
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ontological argument; modal logic; Anzelm's Axiom; Leibniz's Axiom;
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B [哲学、宗教];
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01 ; 0101 ;
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The contemporary versions of the ontological argument originated from Charles Hartshorne are formalized proofs (in the metalogical sense of the word) based on unique modal theories. The simplest well-known theory of this kind arises from the system B of modal logic by adding two extra-logical axioms: (AA) "If the perfect being exists, then it necessarily exists" (Anselm's Axiom) and (AL) "It is possible that the perfect being exists" (Leibniz's Axiom). In the paper a similar argument is presented, however none of the systems of modal logic is relevant to it. Its only premises are the axiom (AA) and, instead of(AL), the new axiom (AN): "If the perfect being doesn't exist, it necessarily doesn't". The main goal of the work is to prove that (AN) is no more controversial than (AA) and - in consequence - the whole strength of the modal ontological argument lays in the set of its extra-logical premises. In order to do that, three arguments are formulated: ontological, "cosmological" and metalogical.
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