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...for God's existence, except the ontological argument. Does anyone know of any others?
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All the ones I know of are some variation or another of the ontological argument.
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I think the ontological arguments are all of the a priori arguments for god's existence.
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Re: A Priori Proofs

Would the argument from first cause count as an a priori argument. There is some kind of a posteriori element there isn't there?
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This looks like a good site for the information you seek. I am by no means an expert of proofs of god's existence.

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