Debating the Ontological Argument - Peter S Williams & Peter Millican

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🗓️ 6 March 2015

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Debating the Ontological Argument - Peter S Williams & Peter Millican 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. For more faith debates visit www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://www.kaltura.com/api_v3/getFeed.php?partnerId=618072&feedId=1_jlj47tkv> or Via Itunes

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0:41.0	My two guests, both going under the name Peter one is
0:44.9	Peter S Williams the other Peter Millick and I'll introduce them properly in a
0:48.6	moment's time we're debating something called the ontological argument for God.
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