Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
6-1992
Abstract
An initial reading of Hume's Principle is that no necessary truth can be denied without contradiction, whereas all existential propositions can. Therefore it is self-contradictory to say,that any existential claim is necessarily true, since it follows that this claim both can and cannot be denied without self-contradiction. Thus any claim of the form 'X necessarily exists' is a self-contradiction, even if X is God.
Discipline
Philosophy
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Australasian Journal of Philosophy
Volume
70
Issue
2
First Page
204
Last Page
210
ISSN
0004-8402
Identifier
10.1080/00048409212345091
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Citation
WILLIAMS, John N..(1992). Ontological Disproof of God's Existence. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 70(2), 204-210.
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1080/00048409212345091