ALL meanings of ontological argument
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O o - noun ontological argument assertion that God exists 1
- noun ontological argument an a priori argument for the existence of God, asserting that as existence is a perfection, and as God is conceived of as the most perfect being, it follows that God must exist; originated by Anselm, later used by Duns Scotus, Descartes, and Leibniz. 1
- noun ontological argument the traditional a priori argument for the existence of God on the grounds that the concept itself necessitates existence 0
- noun ontological argument any analogous argument from the nature of some concept to the existence of whatever instantiates it 0
- noun ontological argument an a priori argument for the existence of God, asserting that the conception of a perfect being implies that being's existence outside the human mind 0