Skeptic

Badbwoy uk garage producer. Commonly mistaken with Skeptical, Skepsis, etc. You Probably heard him through soundcloud, amongst the likes of Interplanetary Criminal and SMTS.

'bruv you heard tha new skeptic tune?' 'nah blud you must of been dreaming, this brudda thinks he's carti with his releases'

by brummiebassboyz45 July 11, 2023

skepticize/skepticizing

1. to be skeptical of something

2. the act of being skeptical

skepticize/skepticizing
1. "What asylum should I send my friend who skepticizes everything to?"
2. "I am skepticizing the government"

by sophurry April 23, 2024

Selective Skepticism

That's how you reconcile it.

Hym "Selective skepticism regarding unfalsifiable claims. That's how you reconcile it. I answered my own question."

by Hym Iam February 24, 2024

Hard Problem of Skepticism

The infinite regress of doubt. Philosophical skepticism questions the reliability of all knowledge claims—senses, memory, reason. The hard problem is that this doubt must eventually apply to skepticism itself. If you doubt everything, on what foundation do you stand to announce your doubt? The skeptical argument is a tool that, when used universally, saws off the branch it's sitting on. This leads to the paralysis of aporia (a state of perpetual questioning with no answers) or a pragmatic, unprincipled exception where you arbitrarily stop doubting just to function, thereby abandoning the very rigor that defined skepticism.

Example: A radical skeptic says, "I can't trust my senses; I might be a brain in a vat." You ask, "Then how do you know the concept of a 'brain in a vat' is valid? How do you know logic itself is reliable?" They must use their untrustworthy reasoning to justify their doubt about reasoning. The hard problem: Pure skepticism is a mental black hole—it consumes every proposition, including the proposition that propositions should be consumed. To live, the skeptic must quietly assume the world is roughly as it seems, making their skepticism a theatrical performance for intellectual circles, not a livable philosophy. Hard Problem of Skepticism.

by Enkigal January 24, 2026

Hard Problem of Skepticism

The self-devouring realization that consistent, radical skepticism leads to the paralysis of not being able to trust any knowledge, including the knowledge that skepticism is a valid approach. If you doubt everything, on what grounds do you justify the act of doubting? The hard problem is that skepticism is a powerful tool for clearing intellectual weeds, but it eventually turns on the garden it's supposed to protect, leaving no ground to stand on.

Example: "She was such a pure skeptic she doubted her own senses, memories, and the laws of physics. The hard problem of skepticism hit when she tried to explain her philosophy: to communicate, she had to assume language, logic, and my ability to understand—all things her skepticism supposedly rejected. She just sighed deeply."

by Abzugal January 30, 2026