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The phrase "ontological argument" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a philosophical argument for the existence of a deity based on the concept of God as the most perfect being. You can use it in a sentence like: "The philosopher presented a strong ontological argument for the existence of God, using concepts of perfection and necessity."
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ontological argument
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A type of argument which maintains that the existence of God can be deduced from an analysis of the concept of God.
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An ontological argument is a philosophical argument for the existence of God that uses ontology.
The ontological argument.
Although not convinced that it provided definitive proof, he defended Anselm's ontological argument of God's existence.
Philosophers still debate the meaning and value of this so-called ontological argument for God's existence.
Like the real-life St. Anselm, the restaurant makes an ontological argument.
(He does not here consider the ontological argument, but in his famous 1948 radio debate with the Jesuit philosopher Frederick Copleston he argues that the concept of a necessarily existent being, which is central to the ontological argument, is nonsensical).
This concept lies at the heart of the ontological argument.
Collingwood's interest in the ontological argument spans his entire career.
There are, of course, many versions of the ontological argument.
This was a version of Anselm's ontological argument.
A more satisfying response to the ontological argument would, of course, show not merely that the ontological argument is unsound, but also precisely why it is unsound.
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