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The Philosophical Journey, 2/e
William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi

The Search for God
The Ontological Argument for God

Topical links

St. Anselm

Anselm of Canterbury
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/anselm.htm)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Anselm of Canterbury: Life and Works
(http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/anse.htm)

Discussion of life and thought by Garth Kemerling
Saint Anselm
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/anselm/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
St. Anselm
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01546a.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article
René Descartes

René Descartes
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/d/descarte.htm)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
René Descartes' Life and Works
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-works/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
History of Philosophy: Descartes
(http://www.ets.uidaho.edu/mickelsen/texts/Weber%20-%20History/Descartes.htm)

Discussion of Descartes' life and thought by Alfred Weber (University of Strasburg)
René Descartes: Life and Works
(http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/desc.htm)

Discussion of life and thought by Garth Kemerling
René Descartes
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04744b.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article
Descartes' Ontological Argument
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-ontological/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Lecture Notes: Descartes
(http://hume.ucdavis.edu/phi022/desclec.HTM)

Lecture notes on Descartes' epistemology and metaphysics from a course in 17th c philosophy by G. J. Mattey (UC Davis)
René Descartes and the Meditations on First Philosophy
(http://www.friesian.com/hist-2.htm#descartes)

Detailed discussion of Descartes' Meditations by Kelley Ross (Friesian School Proceedings)
Descartes links
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.asp?PhilCode=Desc)

EpistemeLink link collection

For information on Descartes' dualism see the links for Chapter 3.
Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant: Life and Works
(http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/kant.htm)

Discussion of life and thought by Garth Kemerling
History of Philosophy: Immanuel Kant
(http://www.ets.uidaho.edu/mickelsen/texts/Weber%20-%20History/kant.htm)

Discussion of Kant's life and thought by Alfred Weber (University of Strasburg)
Philosophy of Immanuel Kant
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08603a.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article
The Moral Argument
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/moralargument.htm)

Discussion of Kant's moral argument for the existence of God from Faithnet
Kant on the Web
(http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/Kant.html)

Useful set of links collected by Steve Palmquist (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Kant links
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.asp?PhilCode=Kant)

EpistemeLink link collection

For information on Hume's skepticism and empiricism see the links for Chapter 2.
Arguments for the existence of God

The Existence of God
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608b.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article
Arguments For the Existence of God
(http://www.mb-soft.com/believe/text/argument.htm)

Article from BELIEVE Religious Information Source
Ontological argument (overviews and links)

Ontological argument
(http://www.carm.org/dictionary/dic_l-o.htm#Ontological%20argument)

Definition from the CARM Dictionary of Theology; scroll down in alphabetical listing
Ontological argument
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/o.htm#ontg)

Definition and suggested links by Garth Kemerling
The Ontological Argument
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/ontologicalargument.htm)

Brief discussion from Faithnet
St. Anselm's Ontological Argument
(http://www.siu.edu/~philos/faculty/Manfredi/intro/god/ontological/Anselm.html)

Analysis and clarification of Anselm's argument by Pat Manfredi (Southern Illinois University)
Philosophy of Religion: Ontological Argument
(http://www.rsweb.org.uk/phil/ontological.html)

Collection of briefly annotated links from R. A. Bowie (RS-Web)
Ontological argument (more detailed treatment)

Ontological Argument
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/o/ont-arg.htm)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Anselm's Ontological Argument
(http://www.princeton.edu/~grosen/puc/phi203/ontological.html)

Detailed analysis by Gideon Rosen (Princeton University)
Anselm's Ontological Argument
(http://brindedcow.umd.edu/236/anselm.html)

Analysis by Alan Stairs (University of Maryland)
The Ontological Argument
(http://www.mit.edu/~shaslang/2400-01/ontarg01.html)

Overview notes by Sally Haslanger (MIT)
Tape 4: Anselm, Proslogion, Cur Deus Homo
(http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/Ockham/x52t04.html)

Lecture by R. J. Kilcullen (Macquarie University)
Ontological Arguments
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ontological-arguments/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Philosophers' Criticisms of Anselm's Ontological Argument
(http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/anselm-critics.html)

Collection of primary source material on the ontological argument by Descartes, Locke, Kant, etc.; from the Medieval Sourcebook (Fordham University)
Reductio ad absurdum argument

Reductio ad absurdum argument
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/r/reductio.htm)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Reductio ad absurdum
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/r.htm#redo)

Definition and suggested links by Garth Kemerling
Gaunilo's objection

Gaunilo's Reply to Anselm
(http://brindedcow.umd.edu/236/guanilo.html)

Analysis by Alan Stairs (University of Maryland)
Anselm's Reply to Gaunilo
(http://brindedcow.umd.edu/236/anselmreply.html)

Analysis by Alan Stairs (University of Maryland)
Hegel and Kant on the Ontological Argument
(http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Mode/ModeDeLo.htm)

Article by Maria de Lourdes Borges (Federal University of Santa Catarina) for Paideia
Existence
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/existence/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article