Gasking's Parody Re-examined
Abstract
Gasking's parody of Anselm's ontological argument is primarily based on the idea that the greater disability of the creator makes the achievement more impressive, and that, therefore, the non-existent God would be a greater creator of the universe than the existent God would be. On the contrary, I argue that either the non-existent God cannot create anything existent, or, if we introduce Meinongian metaphysics in order to save the parody, that non-existence would cease to be the most formidable handicap within the domain of fictional characters, or that encoded achievements need not be more impressive than exemplified achievements. These insights suggest that Gasking's parody does not work.
Keywords:
the ontological argument / Meinongianism / Gasking's parody / achievement / AbilitySource:
Prolegomena, 2018, 17, 2, 127-135Publisher:
- Soc Advancement Philosophy-Zagreb, Zagreb
Funding / projects:
- Logical-epistemological basis of metaphysics (RS-179067)
DOI: 10.26362/20180301
ISSN: 1333-4395
WoS: 000463357000001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85073735149
Institution/Community
Filozofija / PhilosophyTY - JOUR AU - Prelević, Duško PY - 2018 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2605 AB - Gasking's parody of Anselm's ontological argument is primarily based on the idea that the greater disability of the creator makes the achievement more impressive, and that, therefore, the non-existent God would be a greater creator of the universe than the existent God would be. On the contrary, I argue that either the non-existent God cannot create anything existent, or, if we introduce Meinongian metaphysics in order to save the parody, that non-existence would cease to be the most formidable handicap within the domain of fictional characters, or that encoded achievements need not be more impressive than exemplified achievements. These insights suggest that Gasking's parody does not work. PB - Soc Advancement Philosophy-Zagreb, Zagreb T2 - Prolegomena T1 - Gasking's Parody Re-examined EP - 135 IS - 2 SP - 127 VL - 17 DO - 10.26362/20180301 ER -
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Prelević, D.. (2018). Gasking's Parody Re-examined. in Prolegomena Soc Advancement Philosophy-Zagreb, Zagreb., 17(2), 127-135. https://doi.org/10.26362/20180301
Prelević D. Gasking's Parody Re-examined. in Prolegomena. 2018;17(2):127-135. doi:10.26362/20180301 .
Prelević, Duško, "Gasking's Parody Re-examined" in Prolegomena, 17, no. 2 (2018):127-135, https://doi.org/10.26362/20180301 . .