The phenomenal can be interpreted variously, but it must be incorporated in any interpretation. In other words, in a legitimate interpretation no phenomenon can be omitted

A dimension or pole of the metaphysical manifold can be omitted from a legitimate interpretation, but this omission is not a matter of will (a.k.a. “faith”). It is a matter of experiencing the metaphysical extensivity in the phenomenon or not experiencing it. To superimpose an interpretation onto an experience, either before or after, is bad faith. If the interpretive superimposition leaves the phenomenal element intact, somehow that is even worse.

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Proper faith tries on possibilities and makes a genuine effort to see differently. If it succeeds, it succeeds; if it fails, it fails – but faith is necessarily intellectually honest.

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Subjective intellectual honesty is the ground of friendship. Active, receptive intellectual honesty is the ground of philosophical friendship. It has been said that true friendship only exists among philosophers.