Agnosticism

Agnosticism
Agnosticism Ag*nos"ti*cism, n. That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies. Specifically: (Theol.) The doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a positive conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert Spencer); -- opposed alike dogmatic skepticism and to dogmatic theism. [1913 Webster] ||

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  • Agnosticism — • A philosophical theory of the limitations of knowledge, professing doubt of or disbelief in some or all of the powers of knowing possessed by the human mind Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Agnosticism     Agnosticism …   Catholic encyclopedia

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  • agnosticism — noun /æɡˈnɒstɪsɪzəm,æɡˈnɑstɪsɪzəm/ a) The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena. The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism,… …   Wiktionary

  • agnosticism — [[t]ægnɒ̱stɪsɪzəm[/t]] N UNCOUNT Agnosticism is the belief that it is not possible to say definitely whether or not there is a God. Compare atheism …   English dictionary

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