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What does Kant conclude about existence based on the 100 gold coins example?
Existence isn't a predicate.
How does Kant extend his argument about the triangle to the concept of God?
God's essence is unaffected by existence.
What analogy does Gaunilo use to illustrate the flaw in Anselm's reasoning?
A maximally perfect island.
What is Kant's main argument regarding existence in relation to a concept?
Existence isn't a predicate of God.
What is the purpose of Kant's '100 gold coins' example?
To show existence doesn't add to a concept.
Kant uses the example of a triangle to illustrate what point about predicates?
Removing existence doesn't change its essence.
According to Gaunilo's analogy, if one can conceive of a perfect island, what must be true of its existence?
It must exist in reality.
What paradox does Kant identify regarding an item lacking the predicate of existence?
The item must exist first to lack it.
What does Anselm argue about the possibility of a 'maximally perfect island'?
There is no possible way to have one.
What characteristic does Anselm attribute to islands that distinguishes them from God in his counter-argument?
Islands are contingent beings.
How does Anselm counter Gaunilo's perfect island analogy regarding the nature of God?
God is a necessary, non-contingent being.
What is Gaunilo's primary objection to Anselm's ontological argument?
Anselm defines God into existence.
According to Kant, if the predicate of existence is removed from the concept of a triangle, what happens to its essence?
Its essence remains unaffected.
According to Kant, what is a predicate?
A quality an object can possess or lack.
Which philosophical method does Gaunilo employ to challenge Anselm's argument?
Reductio ad absurdum.