In the 11th century, St. Anselm of Canterbury (d. 1109 AD) formulated the first version of what would come to be called the ontological argument for the existence of God.

Anselm of Canterbury was a theologian and philosopher from the 11th and 12th centuries who came up with a rather ingenious argument for the existence of God, which is usually called the ontological ...

The current spate of atheist, antitheist and antireligious books has made me ask myself whether I ought to be working, strictly pro bono, for the defense. Fortunately there are a host of reasonable ...

Our first concern will be Richard Dawkins’s efforts to refute standard arguments for theism. These efforts suffer from a variety of logical mistakes. His critique of the cosmological argument confuses ...

In my intro to philosophy class, I teach arguments for the existence of God. Suggested Reading Why Bill Bellamy’s Latest Message to Black Women Has the Internet Heated Hilton Head’s Gullah Geechee ...

details of Hume’s criticisms of these arguments for the existence of God from natural religion Dialogue: God and the Universe, Edition 22 Dialogue: The Fine-tuning Argument: Does Physics show God ...