"Physico-theology is a term for the innovative currents of thought in England and Europe that emphasized the religious value of the new sciences and philosophies after 1650. This term is central to the relations between science and religion during the intellectual transition fro…
by Oppy, Graham Robert, Pearce, Kenneth L.
fromLittle debates about big questions
by Oppy, Graham Robert, Pearce, Kenneth L.
fromLittle debates about big questions
Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109 CE), in his work Proslogion, originated the "Anselm's Other Argument stakes an original claim in this debate, and takes it further. There is a second a priori argument in Anselm (specifically in the Reply), A.D. Smith contends, but it is not the m…
Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109 CE), in his work Proslogion, originated the "ontological argument" for God's existence, famously arguing that "something than which nothing greater can be conceived," which he identifies with God, must actually exist, for otherwise something great…
