Scientific skepticism
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Scientific skepticism or rational skepticism (also spelled scepticism), sometimes referred to as skeptical inquiry, is a practical, epistemological position in which one questions the veracity of claims lacking empirical evidence. In practice, the term is most commonly applied to the examination of claims and theories which appear to be beyond mainstream science, rather than to the routine discussions and challenges among scientists. Scientific skepticism is different from philosophical skepticism, which questions our ability to claim any knowledge about the nature of the world and how we perceive it. Scientific skepticism uses critical thinking and inductive reasoning while attempting to oppose claims made which lack suitable evidential basis.
See also
- Academic skepticism
- Australian Skeptics
- Brights movement
- Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (formerly CSICOP)
- Critical thinking
- Criticism of science
- Denialism
- Empiricism
- Freethought
- Inductivism
- Lists about skepticism
- Logical positivism
- Naturalism (philosophy)
- Philosophic burden of proof
- Philosophical skepticism
- Positivism
- Religious skepticism
- Replication of results
- Scientific reductionism
- Scientism
- Secular humanism
- SkeptiCamp
- The Skeptic's Dictionary
- Skeptic's Library
- Snopes.com
- Theory of justification