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scientific skepticism
position of questioning the veracity of claims that lack empirical evidence
Details
- Instance of
- social movement, world view, genre, point of view
- Subclass of
- non-fiction, science communication, popularisation, service
- Main subject
- scientific literacy, illusion
- different from
- climate change denial, denialism, philosophical skepticism, Cartesian doubt, pseudoskepticism
- does not use
- faith, anecdotal evidence, anthropology
- has goal
- empirical evidence, reproducibility
- has list
- list of scientific skeptics, list of skeptical conferences, list of skeptical organizations, list of books about skepticism, list of skeptical magazines, list of skeptical podcasts
- interested in
- pseudoscience, fringe science
- permanent duplicated item
- Q109098658
- practiced by
- debunker
- significant person
- Paul Kurtz, Marcello Truzzi, Robert K. Merton
- topic's main category
- Category:Scientific skepticism
Creators in this collection (2)
Connected on Wikidata
Subject of
- The Skeptic's Dictionary
- Skeptoid
- Skepter
- Science et pseudo-sciences
- Quackery Unmasked
- Wonder en is gheen Wonder
- Let Them Eat Precaution
- Science for the People
- Science in the New Age: The Paranormal, Its Defenders and Debunkers, and American Culture
- Water Divining Tests in 1989 by Australian Skeptics
- The American Skeptic Who Tried to Debunk Freeing the Slaves