| 单词 | ontological argument |
| 释义 | ontological argumentnoun Philosophy.an a priori argument for the existence of God, asserting that as existence is a perfection, and as God is conceived of as the most perfect being, it follows that God must exist; originated by Anselm, later used by Duns Scotus, Descartes, and Leibniz. Also called ontological proof . Origin of ontological argumentFirst recorded in 1875–80 Words nearby ontological argumentonto function, ontogenesis, ontogenetic, ontogeny, ontological, ontological argument, ontologism, ontologize, ontology, on top, on top of Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for ontological argumentontological argument noun philosophythe traditional a priori argument for the existence of God on the grounds that the concept itself necessitates existenceCompare cosmological argument, teleological argument any analogous argument from the nature of some concept to the existence of whatever instantiates it Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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