Free Flashcard From Vocabulary (pg 3-4)
Question:
Anselmian Argument
Answer:
Famous arguement by St. angelm of Canterbury for the existance of God, whom we designate as that being no greater than which can be concieved. Even the atheist will accept that much. However, such a conception cannot exist only in the mind because such a notion then concedes that one COULD think of something still greater, namely the same being existing outside the mind, i.e. reality. Therefore God exists both in mind and reality