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Atheism

Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Atheism is contrasted with theism, which is the belief that at least one deity exists.

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Nodes302
Edges301
Triples294
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006623
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related to Classical antiquity · 24
Atheism → Anaxagoras, Athens, Attic, BCE, Bellerophon, Cicero, Critias, Democritus, Diagoras, Eleusinian Mysteries, Euripides, Greece, Greek, In, Irenaeus, Marek Winiarczyk, Melos, On, Pre-Socratic Atomists, Sextus Empiricus
related to Demographics · 24
Atheism → According, As, Australia, Austria, Buddhists, China, Czech Republic, East Germany, Encyclopædia Britannica, France, Germany, Global, Iceland, Ireland, It, Japan, Netherlands, NORC, Respondents, South Korea
related to 20th century · 22
Atheism → Analytical, Asia, Atheist, Atheistic, Bertrand Russell, Communist China, Eastern Europe, Findlay, God, John Dewey, Joseph Stalin, League, Mao Zedong, Marxism, Militant Atheists, Orthodox, Proponents, Smart, Soviet Union, Stalin
related to External links · 22
Atheism → Agnosticism, Atheist, Bradley, Colin, Dowden, Edward, Ethics, Fieser, Includes, Internet Encyclopedia, ISSN, James, Library, McGinn, OCLC, Philosophy, PhilPapersZalta, Religion, Stanford Encyclopedia, The New Atheists
related to Implicit vs. explicit · 22
Atheism → All, As, Atheists, Baron, Christians, Definitions, Ernest Nagel, For, George, God, Gradually, Graham Oppy, Holbach, Implicit, It, Romans, Similarly, Smith, Some, The
related to 21st century · 21
Atheism → American, April, Atheist Alliance International, Atheist Foundation, Australia, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, Exhibition Centre, February, Global Atheist Convention, It, March, Melbourne, Melbourne Convention, New Atheism, Over, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Stenger, The
related to Ontological arguments · 19
Atheism → According, Christopher, David Wiggins, Fiona Ellis, For, God, Graham Oppy, James Griffin, John McDowell, Knight, Most, Naturalism, Nevertheless, Oppy, Philosopher Graham Oppy, Philosophical, Philosophies, PhilPapers, This
related to Arab world · 18
Atheism → According, Arab, Bahrain, Cairo, Egypt, Gallup International, However, In, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Saudis, The, UAE, United Arab Emirates, When
related to Etymology · 15
Atheism → As, Atheist, BCE, Christians, Cicero, English, French, God, Greek, Hellenists, In, It, Latin, Modern, The
related to Negative vs. positive · 14
Atheism → According, Agnostic, Antony Flew, Atheist, Australian, Consequently, God, However, Michael Martin, Negative, Philosophers, Positive, Richard Dawkins, Smart

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Atheismis arejection of the belief that any deities exist0.90text
Atheismis amore parsimonious position than theism and that everyone is born without beliefs in deities0.90text
Atheismis aphilosophical position or merely the absence of one0.90text
Atheismis aconscious rejection of belief0.90text
Atheismis aexplicit affirmation that gods do not exist0.90text
Atheismis ajustified and rational true belief0.90text
Atheismis asuperior basis for ethics0.90text
Antony Flewinstance offor example one-month-old babies.Negative vs. positivePhilosophers0.80text
Michael Martin have contrasted positiveinstance offor example one-month-old babies.Negative vs. positivePhilosophers0.80text
Antony Flewinstance ofNegative vs. positivePhilosophers0.80text
Michael Martin have contrasted positiveinstance ofNegative vs. positivePhilosophers0.80text
Sam Harrisinstance ofatheists0.80text

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