Abstract

This chapter examines Rene Descartes' arguments about the existence of God in Meditation IV. It considers several objections and Descartes' replies, and suggests that Descartes appears to rest his new argument for God's existence on the premise that clear and distinct apprehension is reliable. The chapter explains the structure of Descartes' ontological argument and contends that his argument in Meditation IV was designed to show that the proposition “God exists” meets the standard which he himself has established for acceptability.

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