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    Theism and atheism refer to the presence or absence of belief in a god; agnosticism refers to the impossibility of knowledge with regard to a god or supernatural being. The term agnostic does not, in itself, indicate whether or not one believes in a god. Agnosticism can be either theistic or atheistic.

  2. Mar 29, 2024 · agnosticism, (from Greek agnōstos, “unknowable”), strictly speaking, the doctrine that humans cannot know of the existence of anything beyond the phenomena of their experience. The term has come to be equated in popular parlance with skepticism about religious questions in general and in particular with the rejection of traditional ...

    • Antony Garrard Newton Flew
  3. L' agnosticisme ( /a.ɡnɔs.ti.sism/) est une attitude philosophique consistant à aborder de façon sceptique les questions de métaphysiques ou de religion et à affirmer que l'esprit humain ne peut pas accéder à l' absolu . Ce concept repose sur une position sceptique selon laquelle tout ce qui n'est pas expérimental est inconnaissable N 1.

  4. agnosticism, Doctrine that one cannot know the existence of anything beyond the phenomena of experience. It is popularly equated with religious skepticism, and especially with the rejection of traditional Christian beliefs under the impact of modern scientific thought. T.H. Huxley popularized philosophical agnosticism after coining the term ...

  5. Agnosticism - Beliefs, Origins, History: It is convenient to distinguish the antecedents of secular agnosticism from those of religious agnosticism. The ancestry of modern secular and atheist agnosticism may be traced back to the Sophists and to Socrates in the 5th century bce; not, of course, the “Socrates” of Plato’s Republic—the would-be founding father of an ideal totalitarian ...

  6. Agnostic atheism or atheistic agnosticism is a philosophical position that encompasses both atheism and agnosticism. Agnostic atheists are atheistic because they do not hold a belief in the existence of any deity and are agnostic because they claim that the existence of a divine entity or entities is either unknowable in principle or currently ...

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