DOUBT IS THE KEY TO

KNOWLEDGE
TO WHAT EXTENT IS THIS TRUE?

By: Tumi Maya Madruga Esuako and Swelly Denise

Theory of Knowledge
Questions/Discussions

 What is doubt?
Questions/Discussions

 What is doubt?
 What comes to mind when you
think about doubt?
Questions/Discussions

 What is doubt?
 What comes to mind when you
think about doubt?
 Is doubt powerful?
Questions/Discussions

 What is doubt?
 What comes to mind when you
think about doubt?
 Is doubt powerful?

 Is doubt always the same?

Questions/Discussions

 What is doubt?
 What comes to mind when you
think about doubt?
 Is doubt powerful?

 Is doubt always the same?

 Is doubt good or bad? To what

extent?
WHAT IS DOUBT?
WHAT IS DOUBT?

 It is an emotion or feeling of
uncertainty.
WHAT IS DOUBT?

 It is an emotion or feeling of
uncertainty.
 It can sometimes be deemed
disrespectful in the eyes of greater
authorities such as the government.
Motivation and Doubt
Motivation and Doubt
 Doubt acts as an activator of motivation
to seek knowledge.
Motivation and Doubt
 Doubt acts as an activator of motivation
to seek knowledge.
 This is not always the case.
Motivation and Doubt
 Doubt acts as an activator of motivation
to seek knowledge.
 This is not always the case.
 Doubt and motivation play different roles
in the different areas of knowledge.
Motivation and Doubt
The Role of Doubt in Areas of Knowledge
The Role of Doubt in Areas of Knowledge

 Mathematics
The Role of Doubt in Areas of Knowledge

 Mathematics
 Requisite of reason and evidence
The Role of Doubt in Areas of Knowledge

 Mathematics
 Requisite of reason and evidence
 Religion
The Role of Doubt in Areas of Knowledge

 Mathematics
 Requisite of reason and evidence
 Religion
 Faith and personal interpretation instead of
doubt
The Role of Doubt in Areas of Knowledge

 Mathematics
 Requisite of reason and evidence
 Religion
 Faith and personal interpretation instead of
doubt
 Antony Flew
The Role of Doubt in Areas of Knowledge

 Mathematics
 Requisite of reason and evidence
 Religion
 Faith and personal interpretation instead of
doubt
 Antony Flew
 Lidia Bakhtir
The Role of Doubt in Areas of Knowledge

 Mathematics
 Requisite of reason and evidence
 Religion
 Faith and personal interpretation instead of
doubt
 Antony Flew
 Lidia Bakhtir
 Cristoph Luxenberg
Quotes from “There is a God: How
the Most Notorious Atheist
Changed His Mind”
Quotes from “There is a God: How
the Most Notorious Atheist
Changed His Mind”
 “Science spotlights three dimensions of nature that
point to God. The first is the fact that nature obeys laws.
The second is the dimension of life, of intelligently
organized and purpose-driven beings, which arose from
matter. The third is the very existence of nature. But it is
not science alone that guided me. I have also been
helped by a renewed study of the classical philosophical
arguments.”
― Antony Flew, 
There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Ath
eist Changed His Mind
Quotes from “There is a God: How
the Most Notorious Atheist
Changed His Mind”
 “Science spotlights three dimensions of nature that
point to God. The first is the fact that nature obeys laws.
The second is the dimension of life, of intelligently
organized and purpose-driven beings, which arose from
matter. The third is the very existence of nature. But it is
not science alone that guided me. I have also been
helped by a renewed study of the classical philosophical
arguments.” 
 “If you had an equation detailing the probability of
something emerging from a vacuum, you would still
have to ask why that equation applies. Hawking had, in
fact, noted the need for a creative factor to breathe fire
into the equations.”
― Antony Flew, 
There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Ath
eist Changed His Mind
Quotes from “There is a God: How
the Most Notorious Atheist
Changed His Mind”
 “Science spotlights three dimensions of nature that
point to God. The first is the fact that nature obeys laws.
The second is the dimension of life, of intelligently
organized and purpose-driven beings, which arose from
matter. The third is the very existence of nature. But it is
not science alone that guided me. I have also been
helped by a renewed study of the classical philosophical
arguments.” 
 “If you had an equation detailing the probability of
something emerging from a vacuum, you would still
have to ask why that equation applies. Hawking had, in
fact, noted the need for a creative factor to breathe fire
into the equations.”
 “We have all the evidence we need in our immediate
experience and that only a deliberate refusal to “look” is
Motivation and Doubt
 Doubt acts as an activator of motivation
to seek knowledge.
 This is not always the case.
 Doubt and motivation play different roles
in the different areas of knowledge.
 Doubt helps assess our understanding.
Negative Outcomes of
Doubt
Negative Outcomes of
Doubt
 It can be detrimental to education.
Negative Outcomes of
Doubt
 It can be detrimental to education.
 It can be detrimental to progress.
Conclusion
Conclusion
 Doubt does not create new knowledge.
Conclusion
 Doubt does not create new knowledge.
 It instead opens the doors to knowledge.