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- From: simon@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Simon Clippingdale)
- Subject: Re: Ontological argument...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.185125.1710@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
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- References: <C17DwB.7wC@dcs.ed.ac.uk> <1993Jan25.092649.6404@scubed.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:51:25 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan25.092649.6404@scubed.com> wilkins@scubed.com (Darin Wilkins) writes:
- >
- > [deletia re. Ontological Argument]
- >
- > "Invisible Pink Unicorns are conceived as being perfect; non-existence
- > would be an imperfection; thus Invisible Pink Unicorns must exist"
- >
- > A convincing argument, wouldn't you say?
-
- A winner.
-
- > (BTW, this idea is not original with me. Someone on the net - I don't
- > recall who - suggested this a couple of years ago. Does anyone recall
- > who it was?)
-
- If you mean the kind of reductio ad absurdum substitution (God <- IPU) which
- shows up a special pleading fallacy such as this or Pascal's, I wouldn't know.
-
- The author of the fabulous Invisible Pink Unicorns [Prancing In Maah Walls]
- per se, however, is the equally fabulous Doug Graham.
-
- > darin
- > wilkins@scubed.scubed.com
- > ________________________________
- > | |
- > | I will be President for food |
- > |______________________________|
-
- Cheers
-
- Simon
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