Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Jerry A. Fodor, Immanuel Kant and E Conee / R Feldman
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28. God / B. Proving God / 1. Proof of God
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Only three proofs of God: the physico-theological (evidence), the cosmological (existence), the ontological (a priori) [Kant]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / b. Ontological Proof critique
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Existence is merely derived from the word 'is' (rather than being a predicate) [Kant, by Orenstein]
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Modern logic says (with Kant) that existence is not a predicate, because it has been reclassified as a quantifier [Benardete,JA on Kant]
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Kant never denied that 'exist' could be a predicate - only that it didn't enlarge concepts [Kant, by Fitting/Mendelsohn]
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Is "This thing exists" analytic or synthetic? [Kant]
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If 'this exists' is analytic, either the thing is a thought, or you have presupposed its existence [Kant]
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If an existential proposition is synthetic, you must be able to cancel its predicate without contradiction [Kant]
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Being is not a real predicate, that adds something to a concept [Kant]
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You add nothing to the concept of God or coins if you say they exist [Kant]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / c. Moral Argument
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God is not proved by reason, but is a postulate of moral thinking [Kant, by Davies,B]
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We have to postulate something outside nature which makes happiness coincide with morality [Kant]
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Belief in justice requires belief in a place for justice (heaven), a time (eternity), and a cause (God) [Kant, by PG]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / a. Cosmological Proof
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If you prove God cosmologically, by a regress in the sequences of causes, you can't abandon causes at the end [Kant]
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To know if this world must have been created by God, we would need to know all other possible worlds [Kant]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / c. Teleological Proof critique
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Using God to explain nature is referring to something inconceivable to explain what is in front of you [Kant]
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From our limited knowledge we can infer great virtues in God, but not ultimate ones [Kant]
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