scientific skepticism

position of questioning the veracity of claims that lack empirical evidence
Event social_movement Q929771
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scientific skepticism

Summary

scientific skepticism is a social movement[1]. It draws 672 Wikipedia views per month (social_movement category, ranking #62 of 360).[2]

Key Facts

  • scientific skepticism's instance of is recorded as social movement[3].
  • scientific skepticism's instance of is recorded as world view[4].
  • scientific skepticism's instance of is recorded as genre[5].
  • scientific skepticism's instance of is recorded as point of view[6].
  • scientific skepticism is a type of non-fiction[7].
  • scientific skepticism is a type of science communication[8].
  • scientific skepticism is a type of popularisation[9].
  • scientific skepticism is a type of service[10].
  • scientific skepticism's Commons category is recorded as Skepticism[11].
  • scientific skepticism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Scientific skepticism[12].
  • scientific skepticism's main subject is scientific literacy[13].
  • scientific skepticism's main subject is illusion[14].
  • scientific skepticism's different from is recorded as climate change denial[15].
  • scientific skepticism's different from is recorded as denialism[16].
  • scientific skepticism's different from is recorded as philosophical skepticism[17].
  • scientific skepticism's different from is recorded as Cartesian doubt[18].
  • scientific skepticism's different from is recorded as pseudoskepticism[19].
  • scientific skepticism's uses is recorded as scientific method[20].
  • scientific skepticism's uses is recorded as falsifiability[21].
  • scientific skepticism's uses is recorded as Occam's razor[22].
  • scientific skepticism's uses is recorded as Morgan's canon[23].
  • scientific skepticism's uses is recorded as experiment[24].
  • scientific skepticism's has list is recorded as list of scientific skeptics[25].
  • scientific skepticism's has list is recorded as list of skeptical conferences[26].
  • scientific skepticism's has list is recorded as list of skeptical organizations[27].

Body

Context

Recorded instance of include social movement[3], world view[4], genre[5], and point of view[6].

Why It Matters

scientific skepticism draws 672 Wikipedia views per month (social_movement category, ranking #62 of 360).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has goal → empirical evidence, reproducibility
    Instance of → social movement, world view, genre +1
    Aliases → —
    Significant person → Paul Kurtz, Marcello Truzzi
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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