questioning the validity or authenticity of something purporting to be factual; a doubting attitude; even doubting the possibility of real ...
( in Skepticism: Ancient Skepticism ) ...contended that man is the measure of all things. This thesis was taken as a kind of skeptical relativism ... The attitude in scientific thinking that emphasizes that no fact or principle can be known with complete certainty; the tenet that all knowledge ... incredulity: doubt about the truth of something agnosticism: the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge In ordinary usage, skepticism or scepticism (Greek: skeptomai, to look about, to consider; see also spelling differences) refers to # an attitude of doubt or a disposition to incredulity either in general or toward a particular object, # the doctrine that true knowledge or knowledge in a ... Skepticism is a funeral doom metal band from Finland. Formed in 1991, they are regarded as one of the pioneers of the genre.
The practice or philosophy of being a skeptic; A studied attitude of questioning and doubt; The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible; A methodology that starts from doubt and aims to acquire certainty; Doubt or disbelief of religious doctrines
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