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Ontological Argument For God's Existence Of God

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The ontological argument is a priori argument. A priori argument is one that does not rely on sense experience. They give necessary or certain truths about the way ideas relate to one another. These truths do not tell us about the world however we know them to be true. For example; a triangle has three sides, either it is raining or it is not. Priori reasoning appeals to pure reason and not to the senses at all. It is knowledge derived independently of sense. On the other hand, the cosmological and teleological argument is a posteriori argument. A posteriori argument relies on sense experience to demonstrate something. They give us contingent truths or inductive knowledge about the world. For example; broccoli is nutritious, that bachelor has a dog named spot. …show more content…

A priori argument for God’s existence will attempt to prove that God necessarily exist by examining the idea of God and not by using our senses. A posteriori argument for God’s existence will attempt to prove that God must exist based on what we experience of the world through our senses. If I had to imagine being a mind (A) floating in a world of being and was only able to grasp concepts like forms I may try to explain Gods existence to mind (B) in the following; Using the ontological argument and the mere idea of God and God’s existence, I would explain that God is a being than which none greater can be conceived. God is the greatest conceivable being. God is all-powerful, all-good, and all-knowing. It would be important to understand that one cannot separate God’s essence from existence. For example; think about the concept of a triangle. What makes a triangle a triangle? It has three sides, each adding up to 180 degrees that meet. If the triangle lacked these attributes then it would not be a

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