philosophical skepticism

questioning the possibility of certainty, or of judgement, due to inadequate evidence
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Summary

philosophical skepticism is a philosophical movement[1]. It draws 466 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical_movement category, ranking #29 of 81).[2]

Key Facts

  • philosophical skepticism's instance of is recorded as philosophical movement[3].
  • philosophical skepticism's instance of is recorded as Epistemological Theories[4].
  • philosophical skepticism's subclass of is recorded as skepticism[5].
  • philosophical skepticism's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01d0p5[6].
  • philosophical skepticism's topic's main category is recorded as Q23897622[7].
  • philosophical skepticism's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 186[8].
  • philosophical skepticism's Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID is recorded as skepticism[9].
  • philosophical skepticism's PhilPapers topic is recorded as skepticism[10].
  • philosophical skepticism's Quora topic ID is recorded as Philosophical-Skepticism[11].
  • philosophical skepticism's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as filosofie/scepticisme[12].
  • philosophical skepticism's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as philosophical-skepticism[13].
  • philosophical skepticism's Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID is recorded as skepcont[14].
  • philosophical skepticism's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779448048[15].
  • philosophical skepticism's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/4732[16].
  • philosophical skepticism's Treccani's Dizionario di Filosofia ID is recorded as scetticismo[17].
  • philosophical skepticism's Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy ID is recorded as 468[18].
  • philosophical skepticism's Reddit topic ID is recorded as philosophical_skepticism[19].

Why It Matters

philosophical skepticism draws 466 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical_movement category, ranking #29 of 81).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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