Skepticism

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epistemological theory philosophical position school of philosophy

Skepticism is a philosophical school that questions the possibility of certain knowledge, emphasizing doubt and critical inquiry about beliefs and claims.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Academic skepticism 6
Academic Skepticism 5
Skepticism canonical 5

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf epistemological theory ⓘ
philosophical position ⓘ
school of philosophy ⓘ
aimsAt avoiding error ⓘ
intellectual humility ⓘ
associatedWith agnosticism ⓘ
fallibilism ⓘ
rational inquiry ⓘ
contrastsWith dogmatism ⓘ
critiques appeals to authority ⓘ
claims of absolute certainty ⓘ
unexamined beliefs ⓘ
emphasizes critical inquiry ⓘ
doubt ⓘ
hasForm Skepticism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Academic skepticism

Cartesian skepticism ⓘ
Pyrrhonian skepticism ⓘ
ancient skepticism ⓘ
external world skepticism ⓘ
global skepticism ⓘ
local skepticism ⓘ
methodological skepticism ⓘ
modern skepticism ⓘ
moral skepticism ⓘ
philosophical skepticism ⓘ
religious skepticism ⓘ
scientific skepticism ⓘ
hasMainConcern possibility of knowledge ⓘ
hasMethod critical examination of evidence ⓘ
suspension of judgment ⓘ
systematic doubt ⓘ
influenced Enlightenment thought ⓘ
empiricism ⓘ
modern epistemology ⓘ
scientific method ⓘ
influencedBy Academic school of Plato's Academy ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
Pyrrho ⓘ
surface form: Pyrrho of Elis

René Descartes ⓘ
Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
questions certainty of knowledge ⓘ
justification of beliefs ⓘ
relatedTo epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
usedIn critical thinking ⓘ
philosophical analysis ⓘ
scientific investigation ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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Classical Greek philosophy → hasSchool → Skepticism ⓘ
Cicero → philosophicalSchool → Skepticism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academic skepticism
Panaetius of Rhodes → influencedBy → Skepticism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academic Skepticism
Skepticism → hasForm → Skepticism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academic skepticism
Pyrrho → philosophicalSchool → Skepticism ⓘ
De re publica → philosophicalSchool → Skepticism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academic skepticism
De legibus → philosophicalSchool → Skepticism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academic skepticism
De finibus bonorum et malorum → philosophicalSchoolDiscussed → Skepticism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academic Skepticism
Tusculanae Disputationes → philosophicalTradition → Skepticism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academic skepticism
Hellenistic philosophy → hasPart → Skepticism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academic Skepticism
Carneades → schoolTradition → Skepticism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academic Skepticism
Philo of Larissa → philosophicalSchool → Skepticism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academic Skepticism
National Capital Area Skeptics Award → associatedWith → Skepticism ⓘ
this entity surface form: skeptical movement
Agnosticism → relatedTo → Skepticism ⓘ
Pyrrhonian skepticism → differsFrom → Skepticism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academic skepticism
Aenesidemus → philosophicalSchool → Skepticism ⓘ
Anaxarchus → philosophicalSchool → Skepticism ⓘ