Reflection on TAG
The Transcendental Argument for God’s Existence or more known as TAG is the
argument that attempts to prove God's existence by disputing that logic, morals, and
science ultimately (though unwittingly) presuppose the Christian worldview, and that
God's absolute nature is the source of logic and morals.
TAG’s argument is this: Knowledge exists, Knowledge cannot exist without God,
and therefore God exists.
When I saw this argument, I was surprised that it was fallacious. For me, TAG is
a clear example of the Petitio Principii Fallacy (begging the question). It is a fallacy in
which the premises include the argument that the conclusion is true or (directly or
indirectly) assume that the conclusion is true. This kind of analysis is fallacious because
merely assuming that the conclusion is true in the premises does not constitute
evidence for that conclusion. Apparently, simply assuming a claim is true does not serve
as evidence for that claim. This is especially clear in particularly blatant cases: "X is
true. The evidence for this claim is that X is true.
Nevertheless my counter-argument will be futile if the source of all logic and
reasoning is God (for argument’s sake). And our human knowledge, science and logic
are only a part of many world views. I agree with Soren Kierkegaard when he said that
“God’s existence cannot be proven”, but my thinking is, how can you prove someone’s
existence, who is so powerful and omnipotent and