Changes

* 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]]

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.

   

   

== 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.

=== Fideism ===

=== Fideism ===