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skep·tic
/ ˈskeptik/
(Brit. scep·tic)
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n.
1.
a person inclined to question or doubt all accepted opinions.
∎
a person who doubts the truth of Christianity and other religions; an atheist or agnostic.
2.
Philos.
an ancient or modern philosopher who denies the possibility of knowledge, or even rational belief, in some sphere.
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adj.
another term for skeptical.
DERIVATIVES:
skep·ti·cism
/ ˈskeptəˌsizəm/
(Brit. scep·ti·cism) n.
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SKEPTICISM AND THE ORDINARY From Burnt Norton To Las Vegas
Magazine article from: Visible Language; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...engagement with the implications of philosophical skepticism. Drawing on the philosopher Stanley Cavell's work on skepticism and the ordinary, I take up the classical questions of skepticism and bring them to bear directly on questions of...
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The New Skepticism.
Newspaper article from: Free Inquiry; 3/22/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...In this wide-ranging book, The New Skepticism, Paul Kurtz does all of these things...scientific method--referred to as "skepticism as inquiry"--in all areas of human...improvement. Parts 1 and 2 of The New Skepticism set skepticism as inquiry in historical...
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Descartes and Ancient Skepticism: Reheated Cabbage?
Magazine article from: The Philosophical Review; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...meant Cartesian and post-Cartesian) skepticism. For example, it has been argued that...been argued that the scope of ancient skepticism is considerably less radical than that of modern skepticism: unlike the moderns, the ancients...
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Skepticism and the management accountant: insights for fraud detection: a survey examines the level of professional skepticism among management accountants. With increased emphasis being placed on detecting and preventing fraud, companies may benefit from enhancing the abilities of their employees to exhibit skepticism.
Magazine article from: Management Accounting Quarterly; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Webster's Dictionary defines skepticism as "an attitude of doubt or a...In the accounting profession, skepticism has long been recognized as a fundamental...auditors must use professional skepticism when engaged in an audit. Skepticism...
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Forster, Michael N.: Kant and Skepticism.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 9/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; FORSTER, Michael N. Kant and Skepticism. Princeton: Princeton University...exclusively with the problem of skepticism. Michael Forster has provided...useful examination of the role that skepticism played in the development of Kant...
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Groundless Knowledge: A Humean Solution to the Problem of Skepticism.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 9/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...A Humean Solution to the Problem of Skepticism. Stockholm Studies in Philosophy...important contribution to the literature on skepticism by carefully articulating an account...attribute to Hume what he calls a "moderate skepticism." In advancing his claims, Bohlin...
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Epistemological skepticism(s) and rational self-control *.
Magazine article from: The Monist; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...for any form of epistemological skepticism, which despite its cogency and...1) the challenge posed by skepticism is even deeper and more radical...commonly supposed: If any form of skepticism proves unanswerable and yet unbelievable...
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COMMENTARY: PHILOSOPHY, SKEPTICISM AND REALITY
News Wire article from: United Press International; 1/29/2001; 700+ words
; ...29-2001 Commentary: Philosophy, skepticism and reality CAMBRIDGE, England, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The history of skepticism is sometimes said to be the history of philosophy itself. For skepticism, or intellectual doubt, began with the...
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Montaigne and the Ethics of Skepticism.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Zalloua. Montaigne and the Ethics of Skepticism. EMF Critiques. Charlottesville...of Montaigne criticism, ethics and skepticism, so as to define an ethical doctrine...seems to be missing from The Ethics of Skepticism is the skepticism. The author appears...
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Sublimity and Skepticism in Montaigne and Milton.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; David L. Sedley. Sublimity and Skepticism in Montaigne and Milton. Ann Arbor...to the two concepts of sublimity and skepticism have kept them rigidly compartmentalized...of the twin concepts of sublimity and skepticism, arguing that they simultaneously developed...
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Skepticism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...c.e.). Elements of skepticism can be found in many other...to ancient Greek and Roman skepticism in ancient Chinese, Persian...thinking that the Mediterranean skepticisms did. Academic Skepticism The Roman philosopher and...
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Skepticism: Academic and Pyrrhonian
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
SKEPTICISM: ACADEMIC AND PYRRHONIAN SKEPTICISM: ACADEMIC AND PYRRHONIAN. Skepticism dogged claimants to knowledge and truth throughout early modern Europe. In its most general sense it refers to uncertainty, doubt, disbelief, suspension of...
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skepticism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
skepticism [Gr.,=to reflect], philosophic...denote any questioning attitude. Extreme skepticism holds that no knowledge is possible...Pyrrho , regarded as the father of skepticism, later held a similarly extreme position...
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Hume, David
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
...philosopher who developed a philosophy of "mitigated skepticism," which remains a viable alternative to the systems...it to Posterity to add the rest." "Mitigated skepticism" Skepticism is concerned with the truthfulness of human perceptions...
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David Hume
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...1711-1776) developed a philosophy of "mitigated skepticism," which remains a viable alternative to the systems...it to Posterity to add the rest." "Mitigated Skepticism" Skepticism is concerned with the truthfulness of human perceptions...
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