Since knowledge is not definite, it cannot be conquered and there is no endpoint. Therefore, increased knowledge provides new insight or confidence, but it also exposes new uncertainties and results in new questions. Therefore, to what extent does increased knowledge result in increased doubt? In the natural sciences, the concept of scientific discoveries and how increased knowledge can alter or disprove them illustrates the relationship between doubt and knowledge. In an attempt to explain the formation of living organisms Aristotle assembled the spontaneous generation doctrine which indicated that living organisms materialized from nonliving matter. This theory was supported by the appearance of maggots in dead meat and was believed with absolute confidence for two millennia. Everyone accepted this
Since knowledge is not definite, it cannot be conquered and there is no endpoint. Therefore, increased knowledge provides new insight or confidence, but it also exposes new uncertainties and results in new questions. Therefore, to what extent does increased knowledge result in increased doubt? In the natural sciences, the concept of scientific discoveries and how increased knowledge can alter or disprove them illustrates the relationship between doubt and knowledge. In an attempt to explain the formation of living organisms Aristotle assembled the spontaneous generation doctrine which indicated that living organisms materialized from nonliving matter. This theory was supported by the appearance of maggots in dead meat and was believed with absolute confidence for two millennia. Everyone accepted this