Notes on Gödel’s and Scott’s variants of the ontological argument
Abstract Notes on Kurt Gödel’s modal ontological argument and Dana Scott’s variant of it are presented. These remarks, supported by experimental studies with a proof assistant system for classical higher-order logic, implicitly answer some questions the authors have received over the last decade(s). In addition, some new insights resulting from the conducted experiments are reported.
Authors
- Christoph Benzmüller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3392-3093)
- Dana Scott
Institutions
- Molecular Sciences Institute (US)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- University of Bamberg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Monatshefte für Mathematik
- Published
- 2025-04-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00605-025-02078-x
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Semantic Web and Ontologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.96