

Defenders: Excursus on Natural Theology (Part 26): The Ontological Argument
10 snips Oct 5, 2022
The podcast discusses the ontological argument for God's existence, a priori arguments supporting the possibility of a maximally great being, arguments for the existence of God including Leibniz's argument from contingency and the moral argument, the metaphysical grounding of moral principles, the issue of begging the question in the ontological argument, the link between religious experience and God's existence, and the role of apologetics and arguments for atheism.
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Introduction
00:00 • 4min
Arguments for the Existence of God
03:39 • 13min
The Existence of Moral Principles and the Comparison between Metaphysical and Physical Explanations
16:20 • 1min
The Problem of Begging the Question in the Ontological Argument
17:47 • 7min
The Link between Religious Experience and God's Existence
24:30 • 12min
The Role of Apologetics and Arguments for Atheism
36:18 • 3min