روش اصل موضوعي و روايت پلانتينگا از برهان آنسلم

Axiomatic Method and Plantingaʹs Version of Ontological Argument

Ontological arguments are those arguments which prove Godʹs existence by a preori method through analyzing the concept of God. The first one who represented this kind of arguments was Anselm, the medieval theologian and philosopher. Anselmʹs argument has always been marked from its proposal (11th century) until now, because of its complexity and ambiguity. There are various versions of this argument, contemporary one of the most important versions of which belongs to Alvin Platinga, the contemporary philosopher and epistemologist. Since axiomatic method is a suitable way to evaluate and criticize an argument through explaining its logical format and specifying its premises, this article is going to introduce it and show the sufficiency of Plantingaʹs version in proving Godʹs existence through using this method and presenting its exact logical format (by employing both ancient and symbolic logic).