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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
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
Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't There
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science (Popular Science)
How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God
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Lists

New Arrivals by Jane Wynne WillsonThe Portable Atheist by Christopher HitchensFrom Atheist to Bahá'í by Susan Lieberman WalkerThe Revisionist Theory of the “Liberation” of Science From Id... by M.D. KammariSharing the Future by Jane Wynne Willson
Books On Atheism Agnosticism And Unbelief
41 books — 4 voters
Holy Unbelievable by P.C. DixonGod, the Evolver by Faiz KingThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsThe End of Faith by Sam HarrisGod Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
Freethought Reading List
109 books — 57 voters

Understanding Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Edzard ErnstTrick or Treatment by Simon SinghBad Science by Ben GoldacreThe Magic Feather Effect by Melanie WarnerDo You Believe in Magic? by Paul A. Offit
A Skeptic's Guide to So-Called Alternative Medicine
41 books — 4 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
145 books — 32 voters

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins
Escape To Reality
91 books — 61 voters
Hallucinations by Alexandre Jacques François ...Phantasmata or Illusions and Fanatacisms of Protean Forms Pro... by Richard Robert MaddenSir Thomas Browne's Pseudodoxia Epidemica by Thomas BrowneGrand Deception by Alexander KleinStultifera Navis by William Henry Ireland
Dynamite Headlights
100 books — 1 voter


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Quotes Tagged “Skepticism”

Thomas Paine
“ One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests. ”
― Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
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Sam Harris
“ I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs. ”
― Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation
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Videos Tagged “Skepticism”

Sari Padorr on her skepticism
Sari Padorr on her skepticism
Daniel Taylor on the "myth of rationality"
Daniel Taylor on the "myth of rationality"
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Groups Tagged "Skepticism"

Critical Thinking This group is about the discussion of all books related to critical thinking.
7 members, last active 11 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 12 years ago
What makes us think. Science loving skeptical atheists A Goodreads book club for free thinking atheists and skeptics who deeply care about science, wis…more
13 members, last active 8 years ago
Carl Sagan Where fans of scientist, skeptic, author & educator Carl Sagan can discuss all things Sagan rela…more
35 members, last active 12 years ago