2006 Güz Sayı 7

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    Gaunilo's contributions to the onto(theo)logical argument of St. Anselm
    (Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2006) Kabadayı, Talip
    As soon as Anselm's Proslogion appeared, Gaunilo attacked and severely criticized Anselm's famous onto(theo)logical argument in a short reply On Behalf of the Fool (Pro Insipiente). Gaunilo's objections and criticisms of Anselm's argument, to which are actually contributions, are very crucial not only to the modern reader seeing in it a first example of the endless criticisms of which the argument has been the subject down to the present day, but also to Anselm, since it provided him with the opportunity for developing his argument further and making certain points clcared in his proof that had either been left incomplete or obscure. In this paper, I aim to set forth the debate between Anselm and Gaunilo so as to clarify the most crucial aspects of the onto(theo)logical argument.