The Ontological Argument - Part 2 - William Lane Craig

Dr. William Lane Craig speaks on the ontological argument for God.
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1. Philosophical Background
1.1 Possible worlds
1.2 Maximal greatness
2. Alvin Plantinga's version
1. It is possible that a maximally great being (God) exists.
2. If it is possible that a maximally great being exists, then a maximally great being exists in some possible world.
3. If a maximally great being exists in some possible world, then it exists in every possible world.
4. If a maximally great being exists in every possible world, then it exists in the actual world.
5.If a maximally great being exists in the actual world, then a maximally great being exists.
6. Therefore, a maximally great being exists.
3. The argument examined
3.1 Epistemic vs. metaphysical possibility
3.2 Coherence of a maximally great being
3.3 Parodies of the argument
3.4 Evidential defense of premiss (1)
3.5 Summary and conclusion
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