An accessible and comprehensive examination of ontological arguments, their history and their importance.
Introduction: ontological arguments in focus Graham Oppy; 1. Anselm Peter Millican; 2. Aquinas Brian Leftow; 3. Descartes Lawrence Nolan; 4. Leibniz Maria Rosa Antognazza; 5. Kant Lawrence Pasternack; 6. Hegel Michael Inwood; 7. Gödel Alexander Pruss; 8. Lewis Michael J. Almeida; 9. Plantinga Joshua Rasmussen; 10. Tichý Graham Oddie; 11. Conceivability and possibility Joshua Spencer; 12. Begging the question Peter van Inwagen; 13. Existence Graham Priest.