ELI5: WHAT was Kant’s criticism of the ontological argument?

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ELI5: WHAT was Kant’s criticism of the ontological argument?

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  1. Mammoth-Mud-9609 Avatar

    Existing doesn’t prove anything, so just because the universe has some general physical laws, doesn’t require the existence of some divine lawmaker to get everything to follow those laws, the foundation of the ontological argument is faith not reasoning.

  2. ShambolicPaul Avatar

    Just because we can conceive of a perfect being, it doesn’t mean that being must exist in reality.

    It genuinely is that simple. The ontologists say it must exist. Kant says nah.