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| * To [[trust]]: | | * To [[trust]]: |
− | **Believing a certain [[variable]] will act or has the potential to act a specific way despite the potential influence and probability of known or unknown change. | + | **Believing a certain [[contingency]] has the potential to yield a specific result. |
− | *** To have '''faith''' in ones spouse that he/she will keep a promise of commitment | + | *** To have '''faith''' in ones spouse that he/she will keep a promise of commitment. |
| *** To have '''faith''' that the world will someday be peaceful | | *** To have '''faith''' that the world will someday be peaceful |
− | *** To have '''faith''' in a person to pay you back | + | *** To have '''faith''' in a [[person]] to pay you back |
| * To [[believe]] without [[reason]]: | | * To [[believe]] without [[reason]]: |
| ** Believing impulsively, or believing based upon personal [[hope|hopes]] | | ** Believing impulsively, or believing based upon personal [[hope|hopes]] |
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− | In either case, Faith is based upon the interpretation of the intangible ([[feeling]]s, [[emotion]]s, etc.) instead of the physically tangible and is primarily associated with religion in modern times. | + | In either case, faith is based upon the interpretation of the intangible ([[feeling]]s, [[emotion]]s, etc.) instead of the physically tangible and is primarily associated with [[religion]] in modern times. |
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| == Epistemological validity of faith == | | == Epistemological validity of faith == |
− | There exists a wide spectrum of opinion with respect to the epistemological validity of faith. On one extreme is [[logical positivism]], which denies the validity of any beliefs held by faith; on the other extreme is [[fideism]], which holds that true belief can only arise from faith, because reason and evidence cannot lead to truth. Some [[Foundationalism|foundationalists]], such as [[St. Augustine of Hippo]] and [[Alvin Plantinga]], hold that all of our beliefs rest ultimately on beliefs accepted by faith. Others, such as [[C.S. Lewis]], hold that faith is merely the virtue by which we hold to our reasoned ideas, despite moods to the contrary. | + | There exists a wide [[spectrum]] of opinion with respect to the epistemological validity of faith. On one extreme is [[logical positivism]], which denies the validity of any beliefs held by faith; on the other extreme is [[fideism]], which holds that true belief can only arise from faith, because reason and evidence cannot lead to [[truth]]. Some [[Foundationalism|foundationalists]], such as [[St. Augustine of Hippo]] and [[Alvin Plantinga]], hold that all of our beliefs rest ultimately on beliefs accepted by faith. Others, such as [[C.S. Lewis]], hold that faith is merely the [[virtue]] by which we hold to our reasoned [[ideas]], despite moods to the contrary. |
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| === Fideism === | | === Fideism === |