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Graham Oppy

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Experiential arguments

Cambridge University Press eBooks January 26, 1996 Graham Oppy

A simple version of an experiential ontological argument is the following: The word ‘God’ is not susceptible of an explicit definition but is a term whose meaning can only be had on the basis of religious experience. (Premise) A body of experience adequate as a basis for an understanding of this term must also be adequate as an evidential basis for assent to the proposition that God exists....