after that, our level of commitment to these data are “no longer proportioned to every fluctuation.”[8] Thus, while being aware of different types of uncertainty, it is also clear that Lewis is chiefly thinking in terms of emotional doubt. Words and phrases above such as “moods,” “mere feelings,” “shuddering misgiving,” “childish panic” and “blast furnace” paint quite nicely what he has in mind: emotional assaults that establish beachheads in our lives.[9] Human reason may fight back, but apart from