Anselm’s argument may be viewed as a reductio ad absurdum argument because

a. he begins with a premise that is the opposite of what he wants to prove and shows that it leads to a contradiction.
b. contemporary philosophers consider his premises to be absurd.
c. contemporary philosophers consider his form of reasoning to be absurd.
d. it reduces all the traditional properties of God to the one property of perfectio


a. he begins with a premise that is the opposite of what he wants to prove and shows that it leads to a contradiction.

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