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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: A Study of Religious Belief and Skepticism
Bad Science
Flim-Flam!: Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions
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
Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't There
How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science: The Curious Theories Of Modern Pseudoscientists And The Strange, Amusing And Alarming Cults That Surround Them. A Study In Human Gullibility
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Lists

I Wonder by Annaka HarrisZog's Big Question by Adam RiceHow by Michelle IturrateBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonOctavia Boone's Big Questions about Life, the Universe and Ev... by Rebecca Rupp
Atheism and Religious Disbelief in Children's Fiction
27 books — 12 voters
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
171 books — 126 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsGood Omens by Terry PratchettThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Atheist Fiction
146 books — 32 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
138 books — 104 voters

They Told Us To Just Believe by Daniel J FriedrichThe Revisionist Theory of the “Liberation” of Science From Id... by M.D. KammariFrom Atheist to Bahá'í by Susan Lieberman WalkerThe Portable Atheist by Christopher HitchensNew Arrivals by Jane Wynne Willson
Books On Atheism Agnosticism And Unbelief
48 books — 15 voters
Creating Abundance & Living Generously by Anne DenysThe Secret Method for Growing Younger by Ellen WoodLiberated from Religion by Paulo BitencourtPerdendo Tempo Com Deus by Paulo Bitencourt
The Best Books on Atheism, Humanism and Freethought
4 books — 3 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Skepticism”

Criss Jami
“ I'm convinced that most men don't know what they believe; they only know what they wish to believe. How many people blame God for man's atrocities, but wouldn't dream of imprisoning a mother for her son's crime? ...more ”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy
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Carl Sagan
“ Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. ”
― Carl Sagan
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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
Excerpt from "Now and at the Hour of Our Death"
Excerpt from "Now and at the Hour of Our Death"
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Groups Tagged "Skepticism"

Liste les meilleurs livres à lire pour être un·e penseur·e éclairé·e
1 member, last active 4 years ago
A monthly reading book club for all books science, philosophy or sceptical. From Carl Sagan to D…more
10 members, last active 9 years ago
Q&A with Prem Kamble Please ask questions about Prem Kamble's book "God in Two Minutes", give counter-arguments, sugg…more
1 member, last active 15 years ago
The book club of the Perth Skeptics meetup group. We read books on a wide range of skeptical top…more
11 members, last active 13 years ago