Some Emendations of Gödel's Ontological Proof

Faith and Philosophy 7 (3):291-303 (1990)
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Abstract

Kurt Gödel’s version of the ontological argument was shown by J. Howard Sobel to be defective, but some plausible modifications in the argument result in a version which is immune to Sobel’s objection. A definition is suggested which permits the proof of some of Godel’s axioms.

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