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- noun Plural form of
skepticism .
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Examples
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How might the right discerning skepticisms be induced instead?
Magic and Mayhem Derek Leebaert 2010
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Andrew Revkin - Writer for The New York Times and covers nearly ever topic of environmental issues from the skepticisms of global warming to the weakness of NASA temperature data and ties it all together nicely on the Dot Earth blog over at the NYTimes. com.
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This most radical of all skepticisms is absurd (it entails that one couldn't even be justified in believing it) and so there must be a kind of justification which is not inferential, i.e., there must be noninferentially justified beliefs which terminate regresses of justification.
to day 2009
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Borderline disastrous gaffe that will resurface in the media in days to come ... she unwittingly reinforced one of the central skepticisms about her.
Biden Won, Because He Made Forceful Case Against McCain 2009
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But to her habitual old skepticisms she has added by the 1980s a new weariness.
The Unclosed Circle Kerr, Sarah 2007
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Politics inside an organization is a problem that only creates an atmosphere of indifference and skepticisms.
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However, underlying all thisbrings doubts and skepticisms among its neighbors, particularly the member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), where military strength is not as dependable as it should be.
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The good scientist would consider such skepticisms and address them through study, and see what the results bring- whether affirming the original theory, or not.
The polar-bears-on-the-melting-ice-cap photo. Ann Althouse 2007
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The spiritualist finds himself driven to express his faith by a series of skepticisms.
Representative Men 2006
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We also need to distinguish these epistemological moral skepticisms from several non-epistemological kinds of moral skepticism:
Moral Skepticism Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter 2006
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