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'''Skepticism'''. The Skeptical School was founded by Pyrrho of Elis (about 365-275 BCE). It is the theory that the real truth can never be known with certainty.  One traditional form of skepticism, advocated by [[David Hume]] and [[Immanuel Kant]], questioned the capacity of the human mind to grasp and understand reality.  Another traditional form of skepticism, advanced by [[Hindu]] and [[Buddhist]] philosophers, questions the very existence of a real world outside of the human mind.

'''Skepticism'''. The Skeptical School was founded by Pyrrho of Elis (about 365-275 BC) in [[ancient Greece]]. It is the theory that the real truth can never be known with certainty.  One traditional form of skepticism, advocated by [[David Hume]] and [[Immanuel Kant]], questioned the capacity of the human mind to grasp and understand reality.  Another traditional form of skepticism, advanced by [[Hindu]] and [[Buddhist]] philosophers, questions the very existence of a real world outside of the human mind.

In modern times the term skepticism is use colloquially to refer to disbelief in anything non-material, such as [[God]].

In modern times the term skepticism is use colloquially to refer to disbelief in anything non-material, such as [[God]].  Interestingly, the [[Bible]] itself gives an example of skepticism when [[Thomas the Apostle|"Doubting Thomas"]] would not believe that [[Jesus]] had risen until he saw Him with his own eyes and put his fingers into Jesus' wounds.

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Scientific skepticism]]

*[[Scientific skepticism]]

*[[Greek Philosophy]]

*[[Greek Philosophy]]

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