On the ontological status of the object «that nothing greater can be imagined»

Authors

  • Viktor Gorbatov National Research University Higher School of Economics image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31812/apd.v0i14.1840

Keywords:

The proof of the existence of God, the intentional existence, the real existence, the performative proof, the reference, the two-dimensional semantics, the logic of actuality

Abstract

The paper proposes to rethink a claim by Anselm of Canterbury about «that than which greater cannot be thought», taking into account some achievements of the modern analytic philosophy. An explication of this term in the context of the modern logico-semantic conceptions allows the author to arrive at a conclusion that the Anselm’s proof deals not with the real existence of Good, but rather with an a priori, linguistically connected obviousness of the God’s existence.

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Author Biography

  • Viktor Gorbatov, National Research University Higher School of Economics
    Departments of Ontology, Logic and Theory of Cognition

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Published

01.07.2017

Issue

No. 14 (2013)

Section

LOGIC AND METHODOLOGY OF SCIENCE

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Copyright (c) 2013 Viktor Gorbatov

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How to Cite

On the ontological status of the object «that nothing greater can be imagined». (2017). Actual Problems of Mind, 14, 165-178. https://doi.org/10.31812/apd.v0i14.1840