zététique
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Zététique (from Ancient Greek: ζητητικός zētētikós, "inquisitive", "keen") is the application of the scientific method when investigating allegedly "paranormal" phenomena. It is often seen as equivalent to, or somewhat different from (scientific) skepticism (French: scepticisme (scientifique)), and is widely used in the modern skeptical movement in France for self-identification.
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Zététique (from Ancient Greek: ζητητικός zētētikós, "inquisitive", "keen") is the application of the scientific method when investigating allegedly "paranormal" phenomena. It is often seen as equivalent to, or somewhat different from (scientific) skepticism (French: scepticisme (scientifique)), and is widely used in the modern skeptical movement in France for self-identification.
== Etymology == Zététique seems to have entered the French language around the 17th century. The oldest known reference is found in the Dictionnaire des Arts et des sciences (1694), II, p. 615, wherein the Methode zetetique is the method to resolve a mathematical problem. In the Littré dictionary of 1872, zététique is referred to as an educational term about research, especially as a method to resolve a mathematical problem, and in general a method to "penetrate the reason of things". Philosophes zététiques are described as "ancient philosophers who doubted everything." The 1876 Larousse dictionary, p. 1479, wrote thus:
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