SKEPTICS

SKEPTICS
   name given to certain philosophers who doubt the adequacy of the senses and REASON to furnish reliable knowledge about the NATURE of things. They advocate withholding assent and the suspension of judgment.

Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.

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