(September 16, 2020 at 7:50 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote:(September 16, 2020 at 7:42 pm)Sal Wrote: Do you even know what 'faith' is? I'm asking sincerely, since you seem to be having a non-cognitivist stance on it.
To the contrary, I think it is primarily cognitive. Faith/Trust requires the processing and appraisal of information to execute. I think anyone that says faith is primarily a feeling is reaching really deep into their pockets to make stuff up.
uh-huh.
How would you know if "processing and appraisal of information" was correct? What comparisons between pieces of knowledge would you need, to determine via faith that it was correct?
Given this, what does faith do that reason, where applicable, does not?
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Epistemically, faith for me has no mechanism for correction when I'm wrong. Reason, and the mechanism behind second-guessing, to doubt, does that.
Or are you using some esoteric usage of the word 'faith' in line with a priori claims?
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard P. Feynman