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Skepticism

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 person is skeptical about claims made by their government about an ongoing war then the person doubts that these claims are accurate. In such cases, skeptics normally recommend not disbelief but suspension…

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related to Sources · 66
Skepticism → Adams, An Essays, Archived, Butchvarov, Carhart, Clarendon Press, Company, Dagobert, Dictionary, Die Skepsis, Economic, Edition Ruprecht, English Language, Episteme, Ethical Issues, External World, Greek-English Lexicon, Göttingen, Healthy Skepticism, Henry George
related to External links · 41
Skepticism → Amherst, Ancient Greek Skepticism, Archived, August, Bolyard, Bradley, Century, Charles, Committee, Contemporary Skepticism, Dowden, Duncan, Edward, Harald, In Fieser, In Zalta, Indiana Philosophy Ontology ProjectKlein, Internet Encyclopedia, ISSN, James
related to Philosophy · 30
Skepticism → Ajñana, Ajñanins, As, Aṭṭhakavagga, BCE, Buddha, Buddhism, Cratylus, Democritus, Early Buddhism, Gorgias, Greece, However, In Greece, In India, India, It, Jainism, Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa, Moggallāna
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Skepticism → American, Analysis, Ancient, Annual, Bimonthly, British, CSISkepticality, Informal, Inquirer, Logical, Meeting, Organization, Person, Position, Pub, Questioning, Robert Todd CarrollSkeptics, Science, Skeptic, Skeptic's Dictionary
related to Definition and semantic field · 9
Skepticism → But, Greek, In, Instead, It, Or, So, Some, This
related to Types · 9
Skepticism → Another, For, However, On, Others, Some, The, Various, Weaker
related to Religion · 8
Skepticism → Additionally, For, God, He, Historically, Jesus, Religious, Xenophanes
related to In various fields · 6
Skepticism → According, In, It, Popkin, Richard, This
is a · 4
Skepticism → important concept in auditing, philosophical attitude and a style of philosophizing rather than a position, prominent form of skepticism and can be contrasted with non-philosophical or ordinary skepticism, topic of interest in philosophy
related to Science · 3
Skepticism → As, Most, Scientific

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Skepticismis atopic of interest in philosophy0.90text
Skepticismis aprominent form of skepticism and can be contrasted with non-philosophical or ordinary skepticism0.90text
Skepticismis aphilosophical attitude and a style of philosophizing rather than a position0.90text
Skepticismis aimportant concept in auditing0.90text
Nagarjunainstance ofthe Ajñanins may have influenced other skeptical thinkers of India0.80text
Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭainstance ofthe Ajñanins may have influenced other skeptical thinkers of India0.80text
and Shriharshainstance ofthe Ajñanins may have influenced other skeptical thinkers of India0.80text
the basic reliability of our sensesinstance ofbeliefs0.80text
our reasoninstance ofbeliefs0.80text
our memoriesinstance ofbeliefs0.80text
and inductive reasoninginstance ofbeliefs0.80text
even though none of these things can be provedinstance ofbeliefs0.80text

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