PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY

PHIL 232, TTh 9am-10am in AUD A Angell Hall
The University of Michigan
Fall 2004

Name__________________________

 

Reading Questions: Gaunilo, Descartes, Aquinas

Answer the following questions in a sentence or two.

  1. What mistake does Gaunilo sometimes make in reporting Anslem’s definition of God (that is, in what way does he get the definition wrong)?

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  2. How does the definition of God that Descartes uses in his argument differ from the one Anslem uses in his?

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  3. Why is it that God must exist according to Descartes?

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  4. How many ways does Aquinas say there are to show that God exists? Give the basis of each.

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  5. What kind of argument does Aquinas use?