agnosticism
1Agnosticism — • 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 …
2agnosticism — AGNOSTICÍSM s.n. Concepţie filozofică idealistă care neagă, parţial sau total, posibilitatea cunoaşterii obiective a lumii, a esenţei fenomenelor. – Din fr. agnosticisme. Trimis de ana zecheru, 18.03.2008. Sursa: DEX 98 agnosticísm s. n. (sil.… …
3Agnosticism — 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… …
4agnosticism — (n.) 1870, from AGNOSTIC (Cf. agnostic) + ISM (Cf. ism). The agnostic does not simply say, I do not know. He goes another step, and he says, with great emphasis, that you do not know. [Robert G. Ingersoll, Reply to Dr. Lyman Abbott, 1890] …
5agnosticism — Agnosticism is variously defined as (1) lack of belief in God, (2) lack of belief in God and lack of belief that there is no God, (3) the view that the existence of God cannot be proved, and (4) the view that the existence of God cannot be… …
6agnosticism — [ag näs′ti siz΄əm] n. the doctrine of agnostics: distinguished from ATHEISM …
7Agnosticism — Certainty series Agnosticism Belief Certainty Doubt Determinism Epistemology Estimation Fallibilism …
8agnosticism — /ag nos teuh siz euhm/, n. 1. the doctrine or belief of an agnostic. 2. an intellectual doctrine or attitude affirming the uncertainty of all claims to ultimate knowledge. [1870 75; AGNOSTIC + ISM] * * * Doctrine that one cannot know the… …
9Agnosticism — the philosophical view that the truth values of certain claims particularly theological claims regarding the existence of God, gods, or deities are unknown, inherently unknowable, or incoherent, and therefore, (some agnostics may go as far to… …
10agnosticism — 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,… …
