# Computer-assisted Reconstruction and Assessment of E. J. Lowe's Modal Ontological Argument

 Title: Computer-assisted Reconstruction and Assessment of E. J. Lowe's Modal Ontological Argument Authors: David Fuenmayor (davfuenmayor /at/ gmail /dot/ com) and Christoph Benzmüller Submission date: 2017-09-21 Abstract: Computers may help us to understand --not just verify-- philosophical arguments. By utilizing modern proof assistants in an iterative interpretive process, we can reconstruct and assess an argument by fully formal means. Through the mechanization of a variant of St. Anselm's ontological argument by E. J. Lowe, which is a paradigmatic example of a natural-language argument with strong ties to metaphysics and religion, we offer an ideal showcase for our computer-assisted interpretive method. BibTeX: @article{Lowe_Ontological_Argument-AFP, author = {David Fuenmayor and Christoph Benzmüller}, title = {Computer-assisted Reconstruction and Assessment of E. J. Lowe's Modal Ontological Argument}, journal = {Archive of Formal Proofs}, month = sep, year = 2017, note = {\url{http://isa-afp.org/entries/Lowe_Ontological_Argument.html}, Formal proof development}, ISSN = {2150-914x}, } License: BSD License