Comments on: Disambiguating Faith: Faith In The Sub-, Pre-, Or Un-conscious http://camelswithhammers.com/2009/08/25/disambiguating-faith-faith-in-the-sub-pre-or-un-conscious/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:14:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Disambiguating Faith: Not All Beliefs Held Without Certainty Are Faith Beliefs – Camels With Hammers http://camelswithhammers.com/2009/08/25/disambiguating-faith-faith-in-the-sub-pre-or-un-conscious/comment-page-1/#comment-2317 Disambiguating Faith: Not All Beliefs Held Without Certainty Are Faith Beliefs – Camels With Hammers Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:17:24 +0000 http://camelswithhammers.com/?p=5250#comment-2317 [...] Disambiguating Faith: Faith In The Sub-, Pre, Or Un-Conscious [...] [...] Disambiguating Faith: Faith In The Sub-, Pre, Or Un-Conscious [...]

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]]> By: Disambiguating Faith: Faith As Admirable Infinite Commitment For Finite Reasons « Camels With Hammers http://camelswithhammers.com/2009/08/25/disambiguating-faith-faith-in-the-sub-pre-or-un-conscious/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Disambiguating Faith: Faith As Admirable Infinite Commitment For Finite Reasons « Camels With Hammers Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:39:59 +0000 http://camelswithhammers.com/?p=5250#comment-482 [...] the way, I’ve argued that while faith is a form of trust, it’s not a virtuous kind.  We also have some rational processes of belief formation from intuition which reliably yield true be... and refuse all genuine doubt as an option.  We can rely on gut intuitions as gut intuitions only [...] [...] the way, I’ve argued that while faith is a form of trust, it’s not a virtuous kind.  We also have some rational processes of belief formation from intuition which reliably yield true be… and refuse all genuine doubt as an option.  We can rely on gut intuitions as gut intuitions only [...]

]]> By: Daniel Fincke http://camelswithhammers.com/2009/08/25/disambiguating-faith-faith-in-the-sub-pre-or-un-conscious/comment-page-1/#comment-481 Daniel Fincke Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:34:42 +0000 http://camelswithhammers.com/?p=5250#comment-481 Thanks so much Evangelos, not only for continuing to make time to read and contribute but also for being sure to let me know you're still there. It's always very encouraging to be alerted when specific friends are lurking even when they're not commenting. I'll try to reply to your query here soon! Thanks so much Evangelos, not only for continuing to make time to read and contribute but also for being sure to let me know you’re still there. It’s always very encouraging to be alerted when specific friends are lurking even when they’re not commenting.

I’ll try to reply to your query here soon!

]]> By: Evangelos http://camelswithhammers.com/2009/08/25/disambiguating-faith-faith-in-the-sub-pre-or-un-conscious/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Evangelos Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:32:36 +0000 http://camelswithhammers.com/?p=5250#comment-480 I've been thoroughly enjoying your thought-provoking series on faith; it's given me a lot to think about, and I suppose like every good philosophical exercise, more questions than answers. It seems each time I have something of substance to bring up, you address it and analyze it fully in the next post. I'm afraid I haven't had very much time to comment with much substance on your entries, and, since I'm devoting 75% of my waking time to preparing for the next couple of weeks, my silence will probably continue. I wanted you to know that I'm still following along as best as I can and drawing very much from the discussion, and I'll try to pop a few comments or questions in as best I can. That said, and in light of this and your other post on irrational options, I hope you can do an entry on the practicality of rationality. As you know, human beings are by default not rational beings; as a psychology professor once told me, "our brains have evolved for survival, not calculus". We make many assumptions, deal with heuristics, and jump to conclusions for the sake of expediency; there are a significant number of cognitive biases that influence every decision that we make. Since humans are so conditioned to these cognitive biases, which certainly contribute to inclinations towards faith, and against pure reason (what is that anyway? perhaps a definition of rationality and reason is in order in light of this entry especially), what do you think the practical implications are, well, of disambiguating faith? Are some people more capable of rationality and reasoning than others? Is reasoning and rationality teachable? I'm looking forward to reading on! I’ve been thoroughly enjoying your thought-provoking series on faith; it’s given me a lot to think about, and I suppose like every good philosophical exercise, more questions than answers. It seems each time I have something of substance to bring up, you address it and analyze it fully in the next post. I’m afraid I haven’t had very much time to comment with much substance on your entries, and, since I’m devoting 75% of my waking time to preparing for the next couple of weeks, my silence will probably continue. I wanted you to know that I’m still following along as best as I can and drawing very much from the discussion, and I’ll try to pop a few comments or questions in as best I can.
That said, and in light of this and your other post on irrational options, I hope you can do an entry on the practicality of rationality. As you know, human beings are by default not rational beings; as a psychology professor once told me, “our brains have evolved for survival, not calculus”. We make many assumptions, deal with heuristics, and jump to conclusions for the sake of expediency; there are a significant number of cognitive biases that influence every decision that we make. Since humans are so conditioned to these cognitive biases, which certainly contribute to inclinations towards faith, and against pure reason (what is that anyway? perhaps a definition of rationality and reason is in order in light of this entry especially), what do you think the practical implications are, well, of disambiguating faith? Are some people more capable of rationality and reasoning than others? Is reasoning and rationality teachable?
I’m looking forward to reading on!

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