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Today:. Odds & Ends Review for Final Faith Evaluations Tomorrow: 2:00-4:00, Office Hours, Caldwell 206B 8:00-10:00, Strong’s Coffee Shop (on Franklin). Faith – The “Data”. First, faith is usually contrasted with something else . Second, faith seems to be a special manner of belief .

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  1. Today: • Odds & Ends • Review for Final • Faith • Evaluations Tomorrow: • 2:00-4:00, Office Hours, Caldwell 206B • 8:00-10:00, Strong’s Coffee Shop (on Franklin)

  2. Faith – The “Data” • First, faith is usually contrasted with something else. • Second, faith seems to be a special manner of belief. • Third, having faith is often described using distinctive metaphors like "blind faith" and taking the "leap of faith."

  3. Different Notions of Faith • There probably isn't a single notion of faith at all. • There are probably many different things that people mean by "faith", determined by what they mean to be contrasting it with. • So, whether you thought so or not, we've actually already seen a few points in our course where the contrast could be drawn.

  4. Faith as not having a philosophical proof • You might think that one believes on faith just in case one doesn't believe on the basis of any of the "proofs" that we talked about. • This notion of “faith” seems to capture the traditional contrast between faith and reason. • Notice that this manner of believing would be consistent with having other evidence.

  5. Faith as not having evidence (though you have grounds). • This is Plantinga's view. • He rejects all need for evidence. One doesn't have to "base" one's religious belief on anything. • But religious belief is notgroundless. E.g.religious experiences can “trigger” belief. • But reasonstill has a place in faith. Plantinga's view was that a theist cannot remain rational if she doesn't take counterevidence into consideration.

  6. Faith as not having evidence (or grounds). • This view goes beyond even Plantinga’s view. • The suggestion is that epistemic reasons, whether as beliefs or grounds, are entirely out of place when it comes theistic belief. • Here paying attention to the manner of belief may be important. • You commit yourself to belief in God, you don't merely "believe."

  7. Faith as believingin spite ofcounterevidence. • There may be a notion of faith even more radical than this. • Unlike Plantinga, some theists claim that true faith only arises when the person believes in spite of counterevidence. • This notion of faith sound closer to the idea of “blind faith”. • This notion of faith may serve as a “discussion stopper.”

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