Alvin Plantinga and Ontological Argument

One of the most important theistic arguments to show that God exists is the ontological argument that was first put forward by Saint Anselm. The ontological argument is based on an a priori analysis the concept of God. Although the argument has lost its popularity due to Kant’s criticisms, it maintains its significance in studies on the theistic arguments. The ontological argument has also been discussed and reformulated by some thinkers in contemporary philosophy. Alvin Plantinga is one of the contemporary thinkers who have reformulated the argument. He has used maximal excellence and maximal greatness properties in his argument and based on the exemplification of these properties, he has created a distinctive argument within the framework of possible worlds. In this paper, I will try critically to present Plantinga’s ontological argument version, which is based on the developments in contemporary logic