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Below are various types of [[agnosticism]].
== Weak and strong agnosticism ==
== Weak and strong agnosticism ==
''See also:'' [[Atheism and agnosticism]] and [[Antitheism]] and [[Denials that atheists exist]]
''See also:'' [[Atheism and agnosticism]] and [[Antitheism]] and [[Denials that atheists exist]]
The proponent of the weaker form of [[agnosticism]] does not make a claim to knowledge about existence, but he simply suspends from making a decision. A suspension of decision, in terms of [[logic]], does not have a [[truth]] value, and therefore they are not making an argument. The proponent of the stronger form goes a step further and makes a claim to knowledge by saying, ''I know that the existence of God cannot be known''.
The proponent of the weaker form of agnosticism does not make a claim to knowledge about existence, but he simply suspends from making a decision. A suspension of decision, in terms of [[logic]], does not have a [[truth]] value, and therefore they are not making an argument. The proponent of the stronger form goes a step further and makes a claim to knowledge by saying, ''I know that the existence of God cannot be known''.
== Apathetic agnosticism ==
== Apathetic agnosticism ==