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How Philosophers Think About God | 9 Intriguing Approaches

Philosophy for the People

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Anselm and the Perfect Being Approach

The Anselmian approach or the perfect being approach. It has been suggested that we can really deduce God's existence from the very idea of God as that which nothing greater could be thought. And so yeah, it must be the case that God exists in reality, not just in thought. Some people think that if you say no, this is a big problem, that you still have brute facts.

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