Skepticism (US) or scepticism (UK) is a questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma. For example, if a...
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Philosophical skepticism (UK spelling: scepticism; from Greek σκέψις skepsis, "inquiry") is a family of philosophical views that question the possibility...
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Local skepticism is the view that one cannot possess knowledge in some particular domain. It contrasts with global skepticism (also known as absolute...
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Scientific skepticism or rational skepticism (also spelled scepticism), sometimes referred to as skeptical inquiry, is a position in which one questions...
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Moral skepticism (or moral scepticism in British English) is a class of meta-ethical theories all members of which entail that no one has any moral knowledge...
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Cryptocurrency (redirect from Crypto skepticism)
A cryptocurrency (colloquially crypto) is a digital currency designed to work through a computer network that is not reliant on any central authority,...
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Academic skepticism refers to the skeptical period of the Academy dating from around 266 BCE, when Arcesilaus became scholarch, until around 90 BCE, when...
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Religious skepticism is a type of skepticism relating to religion. Religious skeptics question religious authority and are not necessarily antireligious/clerical...
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Nihilism (section Skepticism)
associated with modernity in the Western world, characterized by deep skepticism towards established norms and values alongside indifference, despair,...
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Pseudoskepticism (redirect from Abuses of skepticism)
philosophical or scientific position that appears to be that of skepticism or scientific skepticism but in reality is a form of dogmatism. An early use of the...
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Skepticism is a Finnish funeral doom metal band. Formed in 1991, they are regarded as one of the pioneers of the genre.[citation needed] Starting out with...
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Climate change denial (redirect from Global warming skepticism)
and climate change skepticism, and only a few have expressed preference for being described as deniers.: 2 But the word "skepticism" is incorrectly used...
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Environmental skepticism is the belief that statements by environmentalists, and the environmental scientists who support them, are false or exaggerated...
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Epistemology (section Skepticism and fallibilism)
perception, introspection, memory, reason, and testimony. The school of skepticism questions the human ability to attain knowledge while fallibilism says...
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magazines that promote or practice scientific skepticism. Humanism Lists about skepticism List of books about skepticism List of skeptical conferences List of...
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Skepticism in law is a school of jurisprudence that was a reaction against the idea of natural law, and a response to the formalism of legal positivists...
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Euroscepticism (redirect from EU-skepticism)
Euroscepticism, also spelled as Euroskepticism or EU-scepticism, is a political position involving criticism of the European Union (EU) and European integration...
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Holocaust denial (redirect from Holocaust skepticism)
Denial of the Holocaust is an antisemitic conspiracy theory that asserts that the genocide of Jews by the Nazis is a fabrication or exaggeration. It includes...
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Scientific skepticism (also spelled scepticism) is the practice of questioning whether claims are supported by empirical research and have reproducibility...
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Cartesian doubt (redirect from Methodological Skepticism)
Cartesian doubt is a form of methodological skepticism associated with the writings and methodology of René Descartes (March 31, 1596–February 11, 1650)...
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November 2011. Khan, Naveeda (22 May 2012). Muslim Becoming: Aspiration and Skepticism in Pakistan. Duke University Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-8223-5231-0. Retrieved...
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Radical skepticism (or radical scepticism in British English) is the philosophical position that knowledge is most likely impossible. Radical skeptics...
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Pyrrhonism (redirect from Pyrrhonian skepticism)
Pyrrhonism is an Ancient Greek school of philosophical skepticism which rejects dogma and advocates the suspension of judgement over the truth of all beliefs...
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emerged during the Hellenistic period, Cynicism, Stoicism, Epicureanism and Skepticism, while Neoplatonism dominated subsequent thought. Byzantine philosophy...
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Cold reading (redirect from Shotgunning (skepticism))
Spiritualism Stone Tape Supernatural Telekinesis Telepathy Table-turning Ufology Skepticism Cold reading Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Debunking Hoax James Randi...
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Chiropractic (redirect from Chiropractic Skepticism)
Quackery (health fraud) Rise of modern medicine Pseudoscience Antiscience Skepticism Scientific Therapeutic nihilism Fringe medicine and science Acupressure...
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Mertonian norms (redirect from Organized skepticism)
science... communism, universalism, disinterestedness, and organized skepticism". The subsequent portion of his book, The Sociology of Science, elaborated...
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Scepticism Steup & Neta 2020, § 6.1 General Skepticism and Selective Skepticism Stroll 2023, § Skepticism Steup & Neta 2020, § 6.2 Responses to the Closure...
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emergence of philosophical movements, for example, Epicureanism, Stoicism, Skepticism, and Neoplatonism. The medieval period started in the 5th century CE....
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Individualism Liberalism Liberté, égalité, fraternité Lumières Methodological skepticism Midlands Modernity Natural philosophy Objectivity Progressivism Rationality...
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