From: David McFadzean (david@lucifer.com)
Date: Fri Nov 28 2003 - 10:57:04 MST
Erik Aronesty wrote:
> "definition of faith that implies that the level of belief in a
> proposition (the truth value assigned, or confidence, probability or
> plausability level) is not supported by the evidence available"
>
> How much faith do you have in that definition?
Using the aforementioned definition I have a high degree of confidence
but very little faith that the definition corresponds to how I use the word.
I have slightly less confidence and still very little faith that the
definition corresponds to how most people here use it.
The evidence available determines a certain level of confidence one
should ideally have in the truth of a given proposition. Faith is the
degree to which actual confidence differs from that ideal level.
Does that make sense? I'll try to find a diagram I created a few years
ago to illustrate the idea during a similar discussion on this list.
David
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