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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Religious skepticism advocates for doubt concerning basic religious principles, such as immortality, providence, and revelation. Scientific skepticism advocates...
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Pseudoskepticism (redirect from Abuses of skepticism)
pseudoscepticism) is a philosophical or scientific position that appears to be that of skepticism or scientific skepticism but in reality is a form of dogmatism...
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taut thread next to the light beam. Ibn al-Haytham also employed scientific skepticism and emphasized the role of empiricism. He also explained the role...
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predicted Thicke's death. Various news outlets reported on this. Scientific skepticism activist Susan Gerbic challenged the claim that this was a successful...
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Religious skepticism is a type of skepticism relating to religion. Religious skeptics question religious authority and are not necessarily anti-religious...
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This is a list of notable people that promote or practice scientific skepticism. In general, they favor science and are opposed to pseudoscience and quackery...
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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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books about skepticism is a skeptic's library of works centered on scientific skepticism, religious skepticism, critical thinking, scientific literacy,...
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[citation needed] Similarly, scientific skepticism differs from philosophical skepticism in that scientific skepticism is an epistemological position...
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Mertonian norms (redirect from Organized skepticism)
the resulting personal gain of individuals within them. organized skepticism: scientific claims should be exposed to critical scrutiny before being accepted:...
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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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Steve Allen (section Scientific skepticism)
outspoken critic of organized religion and an active member of the scientific skepticism movement. He worked to promote critical thinking with such humanist...
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Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (redirect from Committee on Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal)
media and society in general. Its philosophical position is one of scientific skepticism. CSI's fellows have included notable scientists, Nobel laureates...
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Clairvoyance (section Scientific reception)
Postdiction (retroactive clairvoyance) Precognition Remote viewing Scientific skepticism Second sight Synchronicity Third eye Thought-Forms (book) Paul Sédir...
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Studies of UFOs rarely appear in mainstream scientific literature. When asked, some scientists and scientific organizations have pointed to the end of official...
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Climate change denial (redirect from Global warming skepticism)
as deniers.: 2 But the word "skepticism" is incorrectly used, as scientific skepticism is an intrinsic part of scientific methodology. In fact, all scientists...
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Pseudoscience (redirect from Psuedo-scientific)
factors in someone's ability to receive or perform a type of science. Skepticism: Scientific facts must not be based on faith. One should always question every...
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Susan Gerbic (redirect from Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia)
1962) is an American studio photographer who became known as a scientific skepticism activist, mostly for exposing people claiming to be mediums. A columnist...
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Remote viewing (redirect from Scientific Remote Viewing)
Reports of apparently successful tests were met with much skepticism from the scientific community. In the 1930s, J. B. Rhine expanded the study of paranormal...
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Mediumship (section Scientific skepticism)
October 22, 2020. Higginbotham, Adam (November 7, 2014). "The Unbelievable Skepticism of the Amazing Randi". The New York Times. Robert T. Carroll. Subjective...
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Sharon A. Hill (section Scientific skepticism)
continues to be conflated with skepticism." She maintains her support for the "philosophy and process of scientific skepticism." This attitude was foreshadowed...
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Cold reading (redirect from Shotgunning (skepticism))
ISBN 1-58160-354-1 Shermer, Michael (2001). "Deconstructing The Dead". Scientific American. 285 (2): 29. Bibcode:2001SciAm.285b..29S. doi:10...
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Patience Worth (section Scientific skepticism)
told reporters "nothing of scientific importance" occurred and "I consider the results inconsequential and of no scientific value". In 1919, Charles E...
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Skeptical Inquirer (category Scientific skepticism mass media)
have credited the magazine in influencing their development of scientific skepticism. In the "Letters to the Editor", the most frequent letters of appreciation...
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Extrasensory perception (section Skepticism)
valid and reliable." Rothman, Milton A. (1988). A Physicist's Guide to Skepticism. Prometheus Books. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-87975-440-2 "Transmission of information...
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Prizes for evidence of the paranormal Pseudoskepticism Scientific literacy Scientific skepticism Parapsychology Anomalous experiences Apparitional experiences...
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Doctrine of signatures (section Scientific skepticism)
system for remembering actions attributed to medical herbs. There is no scientific evidence that plant shapes and colors help in the discovery of medical...
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Prizes for evidence of the paranormal Pseudoskepticism Scientific literacy Scientific skepticism Parapsychology Anomalous experiences Apparitional experiences...
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