pseudoskepticism
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Pseudoskepticism (also spelled as pseudoscepticism) is a philosophical or scientific position that appears to be that of skepticism or scientific skepticism but in reality is a form of dogmatism.
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- dogma
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- significant person
- Marcello Truzzi
- different from
- scientific skepticism
- uses
- cherry picking
- model item
- moon landing conspiracy theories
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- Nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Truzzi
- Subsequent usage
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- Notes and references
Pseudoskepticism (also spelled as pseudoscepticism) is a philosophical or scientific position that appears to be that of skepticism or scientific skepticism but in reality is a form of dogmatism.
==Nineteenth and early twentieth centuries== An early use of the word was in self-denigration: on 31 August 1869, Swiss philosopher Henri-Frédéric Amiel wrote in his diary:
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