Thomas Huxley’s Scientism and the Agnostic’s False Modesty

Exploring dubious and plausible forms of agnosticism

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If you’re interested in religion and in debates about God’s existence, chances are you’ve come across the allegation that atheism reduces to agnosticism or that atheists have no epistemic right to go beyond the stalemate of saying that God’s existential status is unknown.