Sentences with phrase «ontological argument used»

This is the ontological argument used in modern philosophy by Descartes and Leibnitz, though the consequences which Ibn Sina draws are different.

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He was the first to publish a formalized version of the argument, using the calculus of modal logic («Logic of the Ontological Argument» 471; Logic of Perfection 5argument, using the calculus of modal logic («Logic of the Ontological Argument» 471; Logic of Perfection 5Argument» 471; Logic of Perfection 50 - 51).

The third Hartshornean contribution to understanding the ontological proof has more far - reaching implications, for it concerns the interpretation of the modal operators used in the argument.

What is proper to change of place (no matter what physical reality lies behind it, it can be used simply as a model for the sake of metaphysical argument), is that to leave one place is to occupy another of the same ontological rank and vice versa.