In the first chapters of the ontological argument, Anselm, the archbishop of Canterbury, attempts to provide a complete, irrefutable proof on the existence of god. Later in the book, Gaunilon, one of the Benedictine monks, provides several objections to Anselm's proof. In this paper, I will explain one of Gaunilon's objections to the proof and describe how Anselm responds to the objection. In the last paragraphs of my paper, I will show that even if Gaunilons argument makes sense to a certain extent, it cannot be paralleled to Anselm's proof. I will end the paper by showing that Anselm's proof is complete and Gaunilon's argument is not strong enough to refute it.
In an effort to show that Anselm's proof has a big flaw, Gaunilon draws a parallel to Anselm's proof, in order to reach an absurd conclusion and conclude that Anselm is definitely wrong. He introduces an imaginary island that is greater than any other island. In short, such an island is one "than which no greater island......
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