%0 Journal Article
%T David LewisĄ¯s Neglected Challenge: ItĄ¯s Me or God
%A Andrew Stephenson
%J Perspectives : International Postgraduate Journal of Philosophy
%D 2010
%I 
%X I begin by sketching a dialectic typical of modern discussions of the ontological argument and explain the underlying modal principles. I will not pursue this well-worn dialectic. Instead I will explicate David LewisĄ¯s valid reconstruction (in first order predicate logic) of St AnselmĄ¯s argument in Proslogion-II. LewisĄ¯s objections to this argument are based on his idiosyncratic views about modality. Implicitly, Lewis presents a challenge: either I am right about modality, or there is a sound version of the ontological argument. More specifically, Lewis claims there is no good reason to supposethere is anything special about the actual world. I suggest there is good reason to think that must be incorrect. Thus we are left with a formal version of the ontological argument for GodĄ¯s existence that for all we have seen here looks eminently viable.
%K David Lewis
%K Anselm
%K modality
%K modal logic
%K ontological argument
%K God
%U http://www.ucd.ie/philosophy/perspectives/resources/issue3/Perspectives_volumeIII_DLewisNeglectedChallenge.pdf