Skepticism vs. Absolutism

Skepticismnoun

(US) The practice or philosophy of being a skeptic.

Skepticismnoun

(US) A studied attitude of questioning and doubt

Skepticismnoun

(US) The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible

Skepticismnoun

(US) A methodology that starts from a neutral standpoint and aims to acquire certainty though scientific or logical observation.

Skepticismnoun

(US) Doubt or disbelief of religious doctrines

Skepticismnoun

An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.

Skepticismnoun

The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles.

Skepticismnoun

A doubting of the truth of revelation, or a denial of the divine origin of the Christian religion, or of the being, perfections, or truth of God.

Skepticismnoun

doubt about the truth of something

Skepticismnoun

the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge

Skepticism

Skepticism (American and Canadian English) or scepticism (British, Irish, Australian, and New Zealand English) is generally a questioning attitude or doubt towards one or more putative instances of knowledge which are asserted to be mere belief or dogma. Formally, skepticism is a topic of interest in philosophy, particularly epistemology.

Absolutismnoun

(theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.

Absolutismnoun

(political science) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.

Absolutismnoun

(philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.

Absolutismnoun

Positiveness; the state of being absolute.

Absolutismnoun

(rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.

Absolutismnoun

The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.

Absolutismnoun

Doctrine of absolute decrees.

Absolutismnoun

dominance through threat of punishment and violence

Absolutismnoun

a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Absolutismnoun

the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government

Absolutismnoun

the doctrine of an absolute being