skepticism

questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma
Event attitude Q1395219
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skepticism

Summary

skepticism is an attitude[1]. skepticism draws 1,322 Wikipedia views per month (attitude category, ranking #2 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • skepticism's instance of is recorded as attitude[3].
  • skepticism's instance of is recorded as philosophical schools and traditions[4].
  • skepticism is a type of tendency[5].
  • skepticism's Commons category is recorded as Skepticism[6].
  • skepticism comprises philosophical skepticism[7].
  • skepticism comprises scientific skepticism[8].
  • skepticism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Skepticism[9].
  • skepticism's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[10].
  • skepticism's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • skepticism's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[12].
  • skepticism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • skepticism's described by source is recorded as Lean Logic[14].
  • skepticism's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[15].
  • skepticism's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16].
  • skepticism's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • skepticism's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • skepticism's topic has template is recorded as Template:Skepticism[19].
  • skepticism's contributing factor of is recorded as doubt[20].
  • skepticism's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'σκεπτικός'}[21].
  • skepticism's different from is recorded as stoicism[22].
  • skepticism's practiced by is recorded as skeptic[23].
  • skepticism's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].

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Context

Recorded instance of include attitude[3] and philosophical schools and traditions[4].

Why It Matters

skepticism draws 1,322 Wikipedia views per month (attitude category, ranking #2 of 13).[2] skepticism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] skepticism is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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