?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=On+the+Impossibility+of+Successful+Ontological+Arguments&rft.creator=Franceschi%2C+Paul&rft.subject=Logic&rft.description=In+this+paper+I+present+a+novel+objection+to+ontological+arguments.+The+argument+concerns+ontological+arguments+in+general+and+has+the+general+form+of+a+reductio+ad+absurdum.+Roughly%2C+it+rests+on+the+fact+that+if+a+sound+ontological+argument+were+available%2C+it+would+contradict+the+very+nature+of+God.+For+God+aims+at+maximizing+the+development+of+human+good+qualities+(including+thus+faith)+and+if+a+successful+ontological+argument+were+available%2C+faith+would+become+unnecessary.+Lastly%2C+I+review+several+objections+that+can+be+raised+against+the+present+argument.&rft.date=2003-03&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2850%2F1%2Fontarg-en.pdf&rft.identifier=++Franceschi%2C+Paul++(2003)+On+the+Impossibility+of+Successful+Ontological+Arguments.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2850%2F