Descartes' ontological argument
Descartes' ontological argument
Real World
Mathematician Leonhard Euler didn't need to draw a triangle to know it has interior angles summing to 180° — Descartes uses this same logical necessity to argue God's existence is built into the very concept of God, just as three-sidedness is built into triangularity.
Exam Focus
When evaluating Descartes, deploy Kant's objection that existence is not a predicate — this directly targets the argument's core move.
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