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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
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
How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God
Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't There
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Lists

Rigor Mortis by Richard F. HarrisUnhinged by Daniel J. CarlatSaving Normal by Allen FrancesScience & Myth by Wolfgang SmithThe Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould
Skepticism of 21st century science
27 books — 5 voters
They Told Us To Just Believe by Daniel J FriedrichHoly Unbelievable by P.C. DixonGod, the Evolver by Faiz KingThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsThe End of Faith by Sam Harris
Freethought Reading List
111 books — 73 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
The Crime Without a Name by Barrett Holmes PitnerRealising The All (God?) Journeying into Feelings and Beyond by Winfried SedhoffBeing Property Once Myself by Joshua BennettBlack Minded by Michael SawyerFear of Black Consciousness by Lewis R. Gordon
Philosophy by African-Americans Published in Decade: 2020s
6 books — 2 voters

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie OakesCult Girls by Natalie GrandThe Chosen One by Carol Lynch WilliamsMental Immunity by Andy NormanThis I Know by Eldonna Edwards
Cults, Sects, and Religious Conflict for Young Adults
314 books — 229 voters
Color War by Steven M. RachlinUnderstanding Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Edzard ErnstTrick or Treatment by Simon SinghBad Science by Ben GoldacreThe Magic Feather Effect by Melanie Warner
A Skeptic's Guide to So-Called Alternative Medicine
44 books — 11 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Skepticism”

Voltaire
“ Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. ”
― Voltaire
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Carl Sagan
“ People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons. The last way for skeptics to get the attention of bright, curious, intelligent people is to belittle or condescend or to show arrogance toward their beliefs. ”
― Carl Sagan
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Videos Tagged “Skepticism”

Sari Padorr on her skepticism
Sari Padorr on her skepticism
Alternative Archaeology Debate: Author Graham Hancock & Renegade Scholar Randall Carlson vs Skeptic Michael Shermer (Joe Rogan Experience show)
Alternative Archaeology Debate: Author Graham Hancock & Renegade Scholar Randall Carlson vs Skeptic Michael Shermer (Joe Rogan Experience show)
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Groups Tagged "Skepticism"

SA Secular Society The South African Secular Society is a group of non-believers, secularists, humanists, naturalis…more
9 members, last active 9 years ago
Victorian Skeptics Library Victorian Skeptics library Victorian Skeptics meet every third Monday of the month at La Notte…more
1 member, last active 12 years ago
We meet up once a month at skepchick.org to discuss books with the following themes: science, re…more
3 members, last active 13 years ago
Critical Thinking This group is about the discussion of all books related to critical thinking.
7 members, last active 11 years ago