".. it doesn't appear to me that skepticism is the sort of attitude that allows creativity to function. Creativity, it seems to me, requires faith and belief in the ability to create, not skepticism about the ability to create."

Now, that is just plain silly! Sure..scepticism DOES involve doubt, but doubt does not mean total rejection! It means...well...doubt!...like I said before, " not accepting everything that you are spoon-fed" automatically. I would argue that most real creativity is done by those who DO doubt and question. What is there to create if all the important answers are already laid out for you?

This is the problem Descartes had with the church when he set out to formally 'doubt' their teachings in order to test his idea that morality and God could be defended by reason alone. The church, as we know, couldn't wrap its narrow mind around ANY form of doubt or scepticism, and Descartes had to publicly disavow his plan and keep a lower profile after that.

part 2a of those definitions " the doctrine that true knowledge or knowledge in a particular area is uncertain" is pretty clear and important! "Uncertain" does NOT mean 'wrong'...it means 'uncertain'. It leaves open the possibility that something may be wrong...or right..