Skepticism

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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

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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