Episode 7, The Ontological Argument (Part I)
The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast
Jack Symes | Andrew Horton, Oliver Marley, and Rose de Castellane
4.8 • 612 Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2016
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Flying through space on a magic unicorn… eating ice-cream. The file size is large, please be patient whilst the podcast buffers/downloads/proves the existence of God a priori. In this two-part episode, we take an insightful and fun-filled look at St. Anselm of Canterbury and the ontological argument. Tweet us your thoughts www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. Part I. Anselm and the Argument (12:00), Part II. Gaunilo and the island (28:15), Part III. General criticisms (00:30 in Part II), Part IV. Further analysis and discussion (28:10 in Part II). You can find links to all the reading at www.thepanpsychist.com/panpsycast. Make sure you've subscribed to us on iTunes to get new episodes as and when they're released! Thank you, we hope you enjoy the episode!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the God Delusion. Just kidding, this is episode 7 of the Panpsychast. |
| 0:06.4 | Today we are going to be looking at St Anselm and the ontological argument. St Anselm of Canterbury |
| 0:12.8 | was born in the 11th century and was an outstanding Christian philosopher and theologian. |
| 0:18.3 | He is most famous for the ontological argument, an a priori deductive argument |
| 0:22.7 | for the existence of God. Today we're going to be looking at argument, its strengths and its |
| 0:26.9 | weaknesses, and picking it apart as usual. All right, so in part one, we're looking at Anselman |
| 0:32.6 | the arguments. In part two, Guernelo and the Island Part 3, objections and part 4, |
| 0:38.1 | further analyses and discussion. |
| 0:41.0 | Don't forget to subscribe to us on iTunes |
| 0:43.2 | and it's P-A-N-P-S-Y-C-A-S-T |
| 0:47.6 | that's the Pan-Sycast. |
| 0:49.2 | We're going to do what we always do, Let's go. |
| 1:00.1 | Welcome once again to the Pan Seidcast. |
| 1:02.2 | I'm joined by Andrew Horton. |
| 1:05.5 | Are you sure about that? |
| 1:09.4 | I'm joined by Mr. Andrew Horton and Mr. Olly Marley as well. |
| 1:09.7 | Hello. |
| 1:10.5 | Super. |
| 1:14.6 | Good to have you both here again for another fantastic episode, The Pan Sidecast. St Anselm and the ontolocal argument. |
| 1:17.6 | Who is St Anselm before we kick off and jump right into it? |
| 1:22.6 | Jack, Ollie and Andy Investigates. |
| 1:24.6 | So maybe give a bit of background information on who he was. |
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