Suspension of disbelief is essential to knowledge.

KQ- To what extent disregarding beliefs leads to production of

knowledge? (can also change it to obtaining knowledge and learning rather
than production)
Define terms- according to us and interpretation
Suspension- There can be two meanings:
(1) it can mean disregard of disbelief, (willingness to suspend one's critical
faculties and believe something surreal1 or believe the unbelievable) – here the
interpretation is eliminating disbelief leads to knowledge (production/obtaining)
(2) it can also mean in a figurative (metaphorical) sense where it means basis or
foundation of disbelief, suspension of doubt. Which changes the interpretation
to disbelief in something leads to knowledge (production/obtaining)
Disbelief – Every disbelief has a belief (explain this interpretation)
Points to talk about
 Our believes, hence disbelieves, are based on everyday experiences and
prior knowledge it is not easy and completely justified to suspend our
disbelieves.
 On what grounds do we suspend our disbelief? Scientific, imagination,
intuition, self
Examples and AOK with integrated WOK
Claim and counterclaim
AOK-
Natural Science,
Relegious Knowledge System,
Mathematics (production of new knowledge is usually only possible if you keep
your base of previous knowledge wrong and suspend (eliminate) disbelief on
previous knowledge)
Personal Experience- Until I suspended my disbelief in my abilities, I couldn’t
work harder and achieve more.
One doesn’t think of what more can be added in devices we use because of our
disbelief that it’s already a wholesome package.
1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_disbelief