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Originally Posted by willravel
Ontological Argument 2 (Plantinga): Interesting, but when I apply it to something else, it becomes deliciously incorrect. Let's say that I have P, a potato chip that has infinite surface, height, and perfect taste. This is the greatest potato chip ever, ever. P is the greatest potato chip that can exist - existing is greater than not existing, therefore P must have existed (before I ate it).
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This objection has also been made to the original ontological argument. Sounds very much like Gaunilo's island—that is, the idea that one could conceive of a perfect island, or any given
x such that it "must necessarily exist." However, the concept of a truly perfect
anything other than God misunderstands the nature of perfection. With the notion of Divine Simplicity, there can be no variation in true perfection. Thus, the truly perfect island, (or chip, or table, or "Double Stuf" Oreo cookie,
), ultimately reduces to God. The more and more you maximize its perfection, the closer you bring that conception to God.
Although...if by my thought I could conjure up the Platonic form of the potato chip, I could
really have some fun...
