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The ontological argument - a materialist interpretation.
Noggin the Nog Started conversation Jun 16, 2002
I have never seen it noted that the OA contains an unstated premise, namely that there exists at least one entity capable of having conceptions. It follows fom this that something exists, from which it follows that there exists a unique entity "the sum total of everything that exists." ie the universe. I'm not sure where this leaves God (unless you're Benedict Spinoza.)
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