The Modal Ontological Argument: An Analysis

Here's your comprehensive guide to the modal ontological argument for God's existence!

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OUTLINE

0:00 Intro & Outline

2:06 General structure of MOA

12:55 Representative argument

15:16 Simpler variant

16:17 Criticisms

26:43 Symmetry Breakers

32:59 Presumption of possibility

40:45 Conceivability

45:07 Deontic

56:12 Ontomystical

1:06:33 Motivational centrality

1:11:05 Godelian

1:27:25 Maximal God

1:33:07 Modal continuity

1:44:23 Desire

1:54:08 Open-mindedness

1:59:30 Explicability

2:06:39 Conclusion

RESOURCES

(1) My co-authored SEP entry with Oppy and Rasmussen: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ontological-arguments/

(2) The paper on PhilPapers: https://philpapers.org/rec/SCHSBF-2

(3) Ontological Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZ7oLLpd6Joxl2VS1gOce6t

(4) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2

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