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Do you think that Gaunilo would agree the following objection applys to Anselm's Ontological Argument?
Nothing is demonstrable unless the contrary implies a contradiction. Nothing that is distinctly conceivable implies a contradiction. Whatever we can conceive as existent, we can also conceive of as nonexistent. There is no being whose non-existence implies a contradiction. Consequently there is no being whose existence is demonstrable.[1]
Explain the differences between "inconceivable" and "unintelligible."
[1] | David Hume. Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. 1779. |