goedel s ontological proof fred gilham asks may whether it is true that kurt goedel wrote a version of the ontological argument for the existence of god yes he did he did not publish it but it will be published by the oxford university press in german and with english translation in volume due to appear this fall of his collected works meanwhile you can find a summary or perhaps the whole thing in an article by jordan howard sobel called goedel s ontological proof in the book on being and saying edited by judith jarvis thompson sp published by the mit press in professor c anthony anderson of the philosophy department of the university of minnesota has written an article some emendations of goedel s ontological proof which appeared in the magazine faith and philosophy v it discusses some objections that various critics have raised against goedel s proof and offers a revised version of the proof that is not vulnerable to these objections yours james kiefer
