Sentence examples for existing in the understanding from inspiring English sources
In setting up his ontological argument for the existence of God, Anselm makes a distinction between "existing in the understanding" and "existing in reality".
Conflating the concept with its object, this gives us the belief that than which no greater can be conceived possesses the property of existing in the understanding.
From this, we move quickly to the claim that even the Fool is "convinced"—i.e., believes that that than which no greater can be conceived possesses the property of existing in the understanding.
And how do we get from the Fool's understanding the words "that than which no greater can be conceived" to his believing that that than which no greater can be conceived possesses the property of existing in the understanding?
For, as Boethius says, the universal existing in the mind is some universal understanding of some thing outside the mind.
The first studies of oil mutants in Chlamydomonas thus highlight the gaps existing in our understanding of oil deposition in this species and on the factors that might be critical when assessing the effect of mutations on oil content.
Hence, the result shows the existing gap in the understanding of farmers on the main causes of climate change and a potential misconception on the performance of their major adaptation strategy- planting trees.
Now, suppose as hypothesis for reductio, that we can reasonably believe that that than which no greater can be conceived possesses the property of existing only in the understanding.
*We use "radicalize" with the understanding that existing in an unfriendly discipline as members of marginalized communities is inherently radical.
Existing models used in the understanding of biological processes can be divided into three main classes.
It may be considered in itself, or in respect to understanding, or as existing in one particular or another.[2] Both the nominalist and realist solutions to Porphyry's problem are thus too simplistic and lack proper distinction.
