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To what extent do you agree that doubt is central to the pursuit of…
To what extent do you agree that doubt is central to the pursuit of knowledge? Answer with reference to two areas of knowledge
Key terms
Doubt
Doubt is often defined as a state of indecision or hesitancy with respect to accepting or rejecting a given proposition. (Williams)
The opposite of belief, which is a component of knowledge
What is Doubt
Neal. A Maxwell defines it as a "Lack of certainty" as well as "The state of questioning or searching for something"
its origin is the Proto-Indo-European word dwóh, which as a noun means ‘two.’ As in, ‘Two is a small number’ or ‘I have the Two of Hearts.’ But used as a verb, it means ‘to be of two minds about.’ In other words, ‘to be undecided.’ Though we now sometimes use it as an adjective (‘two pencils’), it had no such usage originally.
Nowadays, people associate doubt with a negative feeling, they think it means someone disagrees with something, but in reality doubt neither means Belief nor Disbelief, it Simply means to be uncertain
Just as its origin, doubt can go two ways, a fifty-fifty to belief or disbelief
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Assumptions
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Perspective
As we are focusing in the pursuit/process of attaining knowledge, we will adopt the perspective of Epistemic Absolutism, where every knowledge is undegradable no matter the context or outcome
This is so we can focus on how strong doubt/hesitancy influences the pursuit of knowledge instead of the end result
We will also adopt the perspective of progressivism, where anything that denies progression in the pursuit of knowledge is frowned upon
This is because we view that the "most important part" or "central" to the pursuit of knowledge must contribute in moving towards the desired produced knowledge and not away from it
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