Anselm, Existence, and the Metaphysics of Intentionality: Proslogion 2 Revisited

TY - JOUR

T1 - Anselm, Existence, and the Metaphysics of Intentionality

T2 - Proslogion 2 Revisited

AU - Hughes, Christopher

N1 - Funding Information: Thanks to colleagues and students at King?s for many good ideas and questions. Special thanks to Brian Leftow, with whom I?ve had extensive and very helpful discussions about both Proslogion 2 and Meinongianism. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia. All Rights Reserved.

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - I argue that (i) the Proslogion 2 argument rests on Meinongian assumptions, and (ii) Meinongianism is more defensible than many metaphysicians think, but (iii) although Meinongianism can be defended from (venerable) objections, the most promising (known) strategies for doing that call into question the cogency of the Proslogion 2 argument, so (iv) that argument is less than convincing, even if Meinongianism is true.

AB - I argue that (i) the Proslogion 2 argument rests on Meinongian assumptions, and (ii) Meinongianism is more defensible than many metaphysicians think, but (iii) although Meinongianism can be defended from (venerable) objections, the most promising (known) strategies for doing that call into question the cogency of the Proslogion 2 argument, so (iv) that argument is less than convincing, even if Meinongianism is true.

KW - Anselm

KW - Existence

KW - Meinong

KW - Metaphysics

KW - Metaphysics of intentionality

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125324102&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.17990/RPF/2021_77_4_1243

DO - 10.17990/RPF/2021_77_4_1243

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85125324102

SN - 0870-5283

VL - 77

SP - 1243

EP - 1276

JO - Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia

JF - Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia

IS - 4

ER -