Definition of Skepticism

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Skepticism

An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.

The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles.

A doubting of the truth of revelation, or a denial of the divine origin of the Christian religion, or of the being, perfections, or truth of God.

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Skepticism Quotations

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.
Thomas Jefferson

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
Napoleon Bonaparte

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.
Jean-Paul Sartre

Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.
John Dewey

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.
Ambrose Bierce

On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity.
Adam Smith

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.
George Santayana

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.
George Santayana

Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance.
Bertrand Russell

The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin.
Thomas Huxley

Skepticism Translations

skepticism in German is Skepsis
skepticism in Italian is scetticismo

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