Pruss, motivational centrality, and probabilities attached to possibility premises in modal ontological arguments

European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 4 (2):65-85 (2012)
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This paper is a critique of a paper by Alex Pruss. I argue that Pruss's attempt to motivate acceptance of the key possiblity premise in modal ontological arguments fails.

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