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Kant thought that existence is not a predicate because:
{ 1 } - existence is not an idea.
{ 2 } - the thought of God is God.
{ 3 } - an intellectual intuition is possible for humans.
{ 4 } - existence is a real predicate rather than a logical predicate.
{ 5 } - the idea of a hundred possible dollars is not the same as the idea of a hundred real dollars.
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Kant thought that existence is not a predicate because:
{ 1 } - existence is not an idea.
{ 2 } - the thought of God is God.
{ 3 } - an intellectual intuition is possible for humans.
{ 4 } - existence is a real predicate rather than a logical predicate.
{ 5 } - the idea of a hundred possible dollars is not the same as the idea of a hundred real dollars.
For Kant, existence does not express determinate characteristics about something as an idea does, so it cannot be found in an idea, and the ontological argument is invalid.
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Kant thought that existence is not a predicate because:
{ 1 } - existence is not an idea.
{ 2 } - the thought of God is God.
{ 3 } - an intellectual intuition is possible for humans.
{ 4 } - existence is a real predicate rather than a logical predicate.
{ 5 } - the idea of a hundred possible dollars is not the same as the idea of a hundred real dollars.
Kant thinks that if that were so, then humans would be capable of intellectual intuitions. He does not think that is possible.
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Kant thought that existence is not a predicate because:
{ 1 } - existence is not an idea.
{ 2 } - the thought of God is God.
{ 3 } - an intellectual intuition is possible for humans.
{ 4 } - existence is a real predicate rather than a logical predicate.
{ 5 } - the idea of a hundred possible dollars is not the same as the idea of a hundred real dollars.
Kant doesn't think so. He seems to think that intellectual intuition implies knowing an object totally, and humans certainly don't know God that way.
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Kant thought that existence is not a predicate because:
{ 1 } - existence is not an idea.
{ 2 } - the thought of God is God.
{ 3 } - an intellectual intuition is possible for humans.
{ 4 } - existence is a real predicate rather than a logical predicate.
{ 5 } - the idea of a hundred possible dollars is not the same as the idea of a hundred real dollars.
For Kant, the reverse is true. Existence is a logical or grammatical predicate because it goes in the predicate position in the sentence.
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Kant thought that existence is not a predicate because:
{ 1 } - existence is not an idea.
{ 2 } - the thought of God is God.
{ 3 } - an intellectual intuition is possible for humans.
{ 4 } - existence is a real predicate rather than a logical predicate.
{ 5 } - the idea of a hundred possible dollars is not the same as the idea of a hundred real dollars.
Kant thinks these ideas are identical and that existence adds no characteristics to the idea of something.
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