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Skepticism

Philosophical skepticism is an overall approach that requires all information to be well supported by evidence.

Most Read This Week Tagged "Skepticism"

Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
Science Fictions
How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit
Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational
Nobody's Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do about It
Christianity Made Me Talk Like an Idiot
The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills
The Skeptics' Guide to the Future: What Yesterday's Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow
The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe
Is This Wi-Fi Organic?: A Guide to Spotting Misleading Science Online

Skepticism Books

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
The God Delusion
Flim-Flam!: Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions
Bad Science
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake
The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
Bad Astronomy
Letter to a Christian Nation
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't There
How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God
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Lists

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganCosmos by Carl SaganBad Science by Ben GoldacreWhy People Believe Weird Things by Michael ShermerThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
A Skeptic's Library
170 books — 127 voters
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Gene by Siddhartha MukherjeeBeing Mortal by Atul GawandeThe Panic Virus by Seth MnookinGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Science Based Medicine Recommends
134 books — 103 voters

I Wonder by Annaka HarrisHow by Michelle IturrateBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonOctavia Boone's Big Questions about Life, the Universe and Ev... by Rebecca RuppElle the Humanist by Elle Harris
Atheism and Religious Disbelief in Children's Fiction
26 books — 9 voters
Hallucinations by Alexandre Jacques François ...Phantasmata or Illusions and Fanatacisms of Protean Forms Pro... by Richard Robert MaddenSir Thomas Browne's Pseudodoxia Epidemica by Thomas BrowneGrand Deception by Alexander KleinStultifera Navis by William Henry Ireland
Dynamite Headlights
100 books — 1 voter

Understanding Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Edzard ErnstTrick or Treatment by Simon SinghBad Science by Ben GoldacreThe Magic Feather Effect by Melanie WarnerDo You Believe in Magic? by Paul A. Offit
A Skeptic's Guide to So-Called Alternative Medicine
41 books — 4 voters
Holy Unbelievable by P.C. DixonGod, the Evolver by Faiz KingThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsThe End of Faith by Sam HarrisGod Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
Freethought Reading List
109 books — 57 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Skepticism”

Clarence Darrow
“ I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom. ”
― Clarence Darrow, The Story of My Life
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Albert Camus
“ Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to their skepticism. ”
― Albert Camus, The Fall
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Videos Tagged “Skepticism”

How to be an ACTUAL Skeptic | Alex O'Connor at the University of Dundee
How to be an ACTUAL Skeptic | Alex O'Connor at the University of Dundee
Crucifying the Bible w/ Deborah Grace
Crucifying the Bible w/ Deborah Grace
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Underground Knowledge — A discussion group This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
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