Sentences with phrase «epistemic scepticism»

...... In a study of climate skepticism, Stuart Capstick and Nicholas Pidgeon note the difference between «epistemic scepticism» (where people doubt the reality or causes or climate change) and «response scepticism» (where people dispute the efficacy of acting to tackle the problem).

In many ways, it is response scepticism (rather than epistemic scepticism) that should exercise our minds.

We argue that two main types should be distinguished: epistemic scepticism, relating to doubts about the status of climate change as a scientific and physical phenomenon; and response scepticism, relating to doubts about the efficacy of action taken to address climate change.