"Exists" and St. Anselm's Argument

Grazer Philosophische Studien 3 (1):59-70 (1977)
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This paper examines interpretations of the doctrine that "exists" is not a predicate (existence is not a property). None, it is concluded, is both true and a refutation of St. Anselm's "ontological" argument for the existence of God.

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