Agnosticism
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| '''Agnosticism''' is the view that the [[truth value]]s of certain claims—especially claims about the [[existence]] or [[non-existence]] of any [[deity]], as well as other religious and [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] claims—are unknown and (so far as can be judged) [[unknowable]]. | '''Agnosticism''' is the view that the [[truth value]]s of certain claims—especially claims about the [[existence]] or [[non-existence]] of any [[deity]], as well as other religious and [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] claims—are unknown and (so far as can be judged) [[unknowable]]. | ||
| - | [[Thomas Henry Huxley]], an English biologist, coined the word ''agnostic'' in 1869. However, earlier thinkers and written works have promoted agnostic points of view. They include [[Sanjaya Belatthaputta]], a 5th-century BCE [[India]]n philosopher who expressed agnosticism about any [[afterlife]], [[Protagoras]], a 5th-century [[Before Common Era|BCE]] Greek philosopher who was agnostic about the gods, and the [[Nasadiya Sukta]] in the [[Rig Veda]] which is agnostic about the [[origin of the universe]]. | + | |
| + | [[Thomas Henry Huxley]], an English biologist, coined the word ''agnostic'' in 1869. However, earlier thinkers and written works have promoted agnostic points of view. [[Protagoras]], a 5th-century [[Before Common Era|BCE]] Greek philosopher was agnostic about the gods. | ||
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Agnosticism is the view that the truth values of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, as well as other religious and metaphysical claims—are unknown and (so far as can be judged) unknowable.
Thomas Henry Huxley, an English biologist, coined the word agnostic in 1869. However, earlier thinkers and written works have promoted agnostic points of view. Protagoras, a 5th-century BCE Greek philosopher was agnostic about the gods.
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