Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Paul Audi, Xenophanes and Gottlob Frege
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature
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Xenophanes said the essence of God was spherical and utterly inhuman [Xenophanes, by Diog. Laertius]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
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Frege put forward an ontological argument for the existence of numbers [Frege, by Benardete,JA]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / b. Ontological Proof critique
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The predicate 'exists' is actually a natural language expression for a quantifier [Frege, by Weiner]
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Existence is not a first-level concept (of God), but a second-level property of concepts [Frege, by Potter]
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Because existence is a property of concepts the ontological argument for God fails [Frege]
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The Ontological Argument fallaciously treats existence as a first-level concept [Frege]
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
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Ethiopian gods have black hair, and Thracian gods have red hair [Xenophanes]
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Mortals believe gods are born, and have voices and clothes just like mortals [Xenophanes]
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