[Antiquarian]

A belief is not faith if, given evidence, the advocate will discard the belief.

[pfortuny]

Yes, but do you have evidence of what will happen? I, on my part, tend to think that I have faith, not proof.

[Antiquarian]

I think that proof is inconsistent with empiricism. There are hypotheses; an observation either strengthens, weakens, or leaves unchanged the confidence in the hypotheses.