tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post336123648650928157..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: God and the afterlifeAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-79593589796949942722010-08-10T13:45:11.764-05:002010-08-10T13:45:11.764-05:00Even though you advocate for (7) stipulatively, le...Even though you advocate for (7) stipulatively, let's suppose it is true. Could we not move from "God ought to exist" to "it is possible that God exists?" Intuitively at least, it seems that if something ought to be the case, then it is possible; by something along the lines of an ontological "ought implies can". And if by God we mean a Maximally Great Being, that would get us the 1st premise of the S5 onto argument... maybe?Sarraclabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14302108054267053039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-4927295569643545782009-07-14T11:23:52.591-05:002009-07-14T11:23:52.591-05:00Well, how nastily restrictive a space of possibili...Well, how nastily restrictive a space of possibilities depends on how much the things it rules out ought to be. The more the thing ruled out ought to be, the nastier the space of possibilities. So, a space of possibilities that rules out that than which nothing else ought more to be is a pretty nasty space of possibilities.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-25660492112340665962009-07-14T10:02:25.625-05:002009-07-14T10:02:25.625-05:00Premise (9) seems questionable. If what most ought...Premise (9) seems questionable. If what most ought to exist doesn't exist, does this suffice to show that the space of possibilities is truly horrible? Why doesn't it show only that the space of possibilities is less than ideal?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15048385218047191192noreply@blogger.com