Classic Replay: Debating the Ontological Argument

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🗓️ 22 August 2023

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From March 2015: Can God be proved by definition? That's the claim of the Ontological Argument for God's existence. Christian Philosopher Peter S Williams and sceptic philosopher Peter Millican from Oxford University explore the different versions of the argument. Williams defends the argument, Millican believes it is flawed. For Peter S Williams: www.peterswilliams.com Peter SW YouTube Playlist on the OA and Peter SW teaching on the argument For Peter Millican: http://www.millican.org/ and Graham Oppy's Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Ontological Arguments For Millican's 2011 debate with William Lane Craig Click here. • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.link/267142101 • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate

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0:40.0	Welcome to another classic replay from the Archives of Unbelievably. This one from March 2015.
0:46.3	Strap yourselves in and put multiple thinking caps on as we debate the ontological argument.
0:53.1	Can God be proven by definition? That's the claim of the ontological argument for God's
0:58.4	existence. Christian philosopher Peter S. Williams and skeptic philosopher Peter Milliken
1:03.6	from Oxford University explored the different versions of this argument.
1:08.1	Williams believes the argument is sound. Milliken believes it is flawed.
1:16.8	While we're doing a topic that I've long wanted to explore on unbelievable this Saturday afternoon,
1:22.0	does God by definition exist? We're debating the ontological argument for God today.
1:28.6	It's a philosophical argument that says in essence that if we define God as something along the
1:33.5	lines of a maximally great being or the most perfect being, we'll talk about some of the variations
1:38.6	then he must, therefore, logically exist. Sounds too good to be true? Well, we'll be finding out.
1:45.1	We're going to be hearing two people who really know their stuff on this.
1:48.7	Talking about it, Peter S. Williams joins me in studio. He's a Christian philosopher.
1:52.8	You can find out more about him in his books at peter swilliams.com, but he's going to be defending
1:58.8	the ontological argument for God today. Our atheist guest, and I'm really pleased to have him on
2:04.1	the line today joining us from Oxford, is Professor Peter Milliken. He's the Gilbert Ryle fellow
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