scientific skepticism
position of questioning the veracity of claims that lack empirical evidence
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Summary
scientific skepticism is a social movement[1]. It draws 1,851 Wikipedia views per month (social movement category, ranking #62 of 360).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: world view[3], genre[4], point of view[5]
- Subclass of: non-fiction[6], science communication[7], service[8]
- Commons category: Skepticism[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Scientific skepticism[10]
- Main subject: scientific literacy[11], illusion[12]
- Different from: climate change denial[13], denialism[14], philosophical skepticism[15], Cartesian doubt[16], pseudoskepticism[17]
- Uses: scientific method[18], empirical research[19], falsifiability[20], Occam's razor[21], Morgan's canon[22], experiment[23]
- Has list: list of scientific skeptics[24], list of skeptical conferences[25], list of skeptical organizations[26], list of books about skepticism[27], list of skeptical magazines[28], list of skeptical podcasts[29]
- Interested in: pseudoscience[30], fringe science[31]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q109098658[32]
- Practiced by: debunker[33]
- Significant person: Paul Kurtz[34], Marcello Truzzi[35], Robert K. Merton[36]
- Has goal: empirical evidence[37], reproducibility[38]
- Stack Exchange site URL: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com[39]
- Does not use: faith[40], anecdotal evidence[41], anthropology[42]
Why It Matters
scientific skepticism has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]