The Many-Faced Argument

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The Many-Faced Argument presents a compilation of essays on the ontological argument for the existence of God, covering responses to Anselm's position in the 1st half, &, in the 2nd half, covering developments of the argument in the context of modern philosophy. Along with contributions by editors Hick & McGill, other writers include Karl Barth, Andre Hayden, Anselm Stolz, Bertrand Russell, Jerome Shaffer, Gilbert Ryle, Aime Forest, Norman Malcolm & Charles Hartshorne. While interest in the the ontological argument has arisen from various disciplines-historical, theological & philosophical-the purpose of this book is to bring these varied writings together so scholars & students within each discipline may have contributions from other fields readily available.
Preface
1.The argument in Anselm. Proslogion 2-4/ Anselm
Criticism & reply/ Gaunilo & Anselm
Recent discussions of Anselm's argument/ Arthur C. McGill
A Platonic justification for the argument a priori/ A. Beckaert
A presupposition of the proof: the name of God/ Karl Barth
Proslogion 3: The special existence of God/ Karl Barth
The role of the fool in St Anselm & the necessarily apostolic character of true Christian reflection/ André Hayen
Anselm's theology in the Proslogion/ Anselm Stolz
2.The argument in recent philosophy. Is Existence a predicate?/ John Hick
General propositions & existence/ Bertrand Russell
Existence, predication & the ontological argument/ Jerome Shaffer
Mr Collingwood & the ontological argument/ G. Ryle
Mr Ryle & the ontological argument/ E.E. Harris
St Anselm's argument in relfexive philosophy/ Aimé Forest
Anselm's ontological arguments/ Norman Malcolm
What did Anselm discover?/ Chas Hartshorne
The irreducibly modal structure of the argument/ Chas Hartshorne
A critique of the second argument/ John Hick
Selected Bibliography
Index of Topics
Index of Names