Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
SKEPTICISM
incredulity, disbelief, skepticism, mental rejection
(noun) doubt about the truth of something
agnosticism, skepticism, scepticism
(noun) the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
skepticism (countable and uncountable, plural skepticisms) (American spelling)
The practice or philosophy of being a skeptic.
A studied attitude of questioning and doubt
The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible
A methodology that starts from a neutral standpoint and aims to acquire certainty though scientific or logical observation.
Doubt or disbelief of religious doctrines
Source: Wiktionary
Skep"ti*cism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. scepticisme.] [Written also scepticism.]
1. An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty. That momentary amazement, and irresolution, and confusion, which is the result of skepticism. Hune.
2. (Metaph.)
Definition: The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles.
3. (Theol.)
Definition: A doubting of the truth of revelation, or a denial of the divine origin of the Christian religion, or of the being, perfections, or truth of God. Let no . . . secret skepticism lead any one to doubt whether this blessed prospect will be realized. S. Miller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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