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MessagePad | Details | Details |
MessagePad | Screen and input | Screen and input
With the MessagePad 120 with Newton OS 2.0, the Newton Keyboard by Apple became available, which can also be used via the dongle on Newton devices with a Newton InterConnect port, most notably the Apple MessagePad 2000/2100 series, as well as the Apple eMate 300.
Newton devices featuring Newton OS 2.1... |
MessagePad | Handwriting recognition | Handwriting recognition
In initial versions (Newton OS 1.x) the handwriting recognition gave extremely mixed results for users and was sometimes inaccurate. The original handwriting recognition engine was called Calligrapher, and was licensed from a Russian company called Paragraph International. Calligrapher's design... |
MessagePad | User interface | User interface
Text could also be entered by tapping with the stylus on a small on-screen pop-up QWERTY virtual keyboard, although more layouts were developed by users. Newton devices could also accept free-hand "Sketches", "Shapes", and "Ink Text", much like a desktop computer graphics tablet. With "Shapes", Newton c... |
MessagePad | Connectivity | Connectivity
The MessagePad 100 series of devices used Macintosh's proprietary serial ports—round Mini-DIN 8 connectors. The MessagePad 2000/2100 models (as well as the eMate 300) have a small, proprietary Newton InterConnect port. However, the development of the Newton hardware/software platform was canceled by Steve ... |
MessagePad | Power options | Power options
The original Apple MessagePad and MessagePad 100 used four AAA batteries. They were eventually replaced by AA batteries with the release of the Apple MessagePad 110.
The use of 4 AA NiCd (MessagePad 110, 120 and 130) and 4x AA NiMH cells (MP2x00 series, eMate 300) give a runtime of up to 30 hours (MP2100... |
MessagePad | Later efforts and improvements | Later efforts and improvements
The Apple MessagePad 2000/2100, with a vastly improved handwriting recognition system, 162 MHz StrongARM SA-110 RISC processor, Newton OS 2.1, and a better, clearer, backlit screen, attracted critical plaudits. |
MessagePad | eMate 300 | eMate 300
thumb|The eMate 300
The eMate 300 was a Newton device in a laptop form factor offered to schools in 1997 as an inexpensive ($799 US, originally sold to education markets only) and durable computer for classroom use. However, in order to achieve its low price, the eMate 300 did not have all the speed and feat... |
MessagePad | Prototypes | Prototypes
thumb|Siemens NotePhone
Many prototypes of additional Newton devices were spotted. Most notable was a Newton tablet or "slate", a large, flat screen that could be written on. Others included a "Kids Newton" with side handgrips and buttons, "VideoPads" which would have incorporated a video camera and screen o... |
MessagePad | Market reception | Market reception
Fourteen months after Sculley demoed it at the May 1992, Chicago CES, the MessagePad was first offered for sale on August 2, 1993, at the Boston Macworld Expo. The hottest item at the show, it cost $900. 50,000 MessagePads were sold in the device's first three months on the market.
The original Apple ... |
MessagePad | Newton device models | Newton device models
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MessagePad | Timeline | Timeline |
MessagePad | Third party licenses | Third party licenses
The Newton OS was also licensed to a number of third-party developers including Sharp and Motorola who developed additional PDA devices based on the Newton platform. Motorola added wireless connectivity, as well as made a unique two-part design, and shipped additional software with its Newton devic... |
MessagePad | Other uses | Other uses
250px|thumb|right|Petrosains uses Newton technology.
There were a number of projects that used the Newton as a portable information device in cultural settings such as museums. For example, Visible Interactive created a walking tour in San Francisco's Chinatown but the most significant effort took place in M... |
MessagePad | See also | See also
Newton (platform)
Newton OS
eMate 300
NewtonScript
Orphaned technology
Pen computing |
MessagePad | References | References |
MessagePad | Bibliography | Bibliography
Apple's press release on the debut of the MessagePad 2100:
Apple's overview of features & limitations of Newton Connection Utilities:
Newton overview at Newton Source archived from Apple:
Newton FAQ:
Newton Gallery:
Birth of the Newton:
The Newton Hall of Fame: People behind the Newton:
Pen ... |
MessagePad | External links | External links |
MessagePad | Additional resources and information | Additional resources and information
Defying Gravity: The Making of Newton, by Kounalakis & Menuez (Hardcover)
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Beyond Words Publishing (October 1993)
Complete Developer's manual for the StrongARM SA-110
Beginner's overview of the StrongARM SA-110 Microprocessor |
MessagePad | Reviews | Reviews
MessagePad 2000 review at "The History and Macintosh Society"
Prof. Wittmann's collection of Newton & MessagePad reviews
Category:Apple Newton
Category:Products introduced in 1993
Category:Apple Inc. personal digital assistants |
MessagePad | Table of Content | Short description, History, Details, Screen and input, Handwriting recognition, User interface, Connectivity, Power options, Later efforts and improvements, eMate 300, Prototypes, Market reception, Newton device models, Timeline, Third party licenses, Other uses, See also, References, Bibliography, External links, Addi... |
A. E. van Vogt | Short description | Alfred Elton van Vogt ( ; April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000) was a Canadian-born American science fiction writer. His fragmented, bizarre narrative style influenced later science fiction writers, notably Philip K. Dick. He was one of the most popular and influential practitioners of science fiction in the mid-twentiet... |
A. E. van Vogt | Early life | Early life
Alfred Vogt (both "Elton" and "van" were added much later) was born on April 26, 1912, on his grandparents' farm in Edenburg, Manitoba, a tiny (and now defunct) Russian Mennonite community east of Gretna, Manitoba, Canada, in the Mennonite West Reserve. He was the third of six children born to Heinrich "Hen... |
A. E. van Vogt | Career | Career
By 1938, van Vogt decided to switch to writing science fiction, a genre he enjoyed reading.Elliot, Jeffery: "An Interview with A. E. Van Vogt", Science Fiction Review #23, 1977. Available online https://www.angelfire.com/art/megathink/vanvogt/vanvogt_interview.html Retrieved on August 29, 2010 He was inspired b... |
A. E. van Vogt | California and post-war writing (1944–1950) | California and post-war writing (1944–1950)
In November 1944, van Vogt and Hull moved to Hollywood; van Vogt would spend the rest of his life in California. He had been using the name "A. E. van Vogt" in his public life for several years, and as part of the process of obtaining American citizenship in 1945 he finally ... |
A. E. van Vogt | Method and themes | Method and themes
Van Vogt systematized his writing method, using scenes of 800 words or so where a new complication was added or something resolved. Several of his stories hinge on temporal conundra, a favorite theme. He stated that he acquired many of his writing techniques from three books: Narrative Technique by Th... |
A. E. van Vogt | Dianetics and fix-ups (1950–1961) | Dianetics and fix-ups (1950–1961)
In 1950, van Vogt was briefly appointed as head of L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics operation in California. Van Vogt had first met Hubbard in 1945, and became interested in his theories, which were published shortly thereafter. Dianetics was the secular precursor to Hubbard's Church of Sc... |
A. E. van Vogt | Fix-ups | Fix-ups
However, during the 1950s, van Vogt retrospectively patched together many of his previously published stories into novels, sometimes creating new interstitial material to help bridge gaps in the narrative. Van Vogt referred to the resulting books as "fix-ups", a term that entered the vocabulary of science-fict... |
A. E. van Vogt | Return to writing and later career (1962–1986) | Return to writing and later career (1962–1986)
Though the constant re-packaging of his older work meant that he had never really been away from the book publishing world, van Vogt had not published any wholly new fiction for almost 12 years when he decided to return to writing in 1962. He did not return immediately to... |
A. E. van Vogt | Final years | Final years
When the 1979 film Alien appeared, it was noted that the plot closely matched the plots of both Black Destroyer and Discord in Scarlet, both published in Astounding magazine in 1939, and then later published in the 1950 book Voyage of the Space Beagle. Van Vogt sued the production company for plagiarism, an... |
A. E. van Vogt | Critical reception | Critical reception
Critical opinion about the quality of van Vogt's work is sharply divided. An early and articulate critic was Damon Knight. In a 1945Van Vogt, A E (1970). Introduction to The World Of Null-A (London: Sphere Science Fiction, 1976), p. viii chapter-long essay reprinted in In Search of Wonder, entitled ... |
A. E. van Vogt | Recognition | Recognition
In 1946, van Vogt and his first wife, Edna Mayne Hull, were Guests of Honor at the fourth World Science Fiction Convention.
In 1980, van Vogt received a "Casper Award" (precursor to the Canadian Prix Aurora Awards) for Lifetime Achievement.
The Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) named him its 14th ... |
A. E. van Vogt | Works | Works |
A. E. van Vogt | Novels and novellas | Novels and novellas
+ The following table can be sorted to show van Vogt's novels in chronological order,or arranged alphabetically by title, or by series. Primary dates list first publication in book form. Year Title Series Notes Alternate titles1946SlanOriginally serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, Septemb... |
A. E. van Vogt | Special works published as books | Special works published as books
Planets for Sale by E. Mayne Hull (1954). A fix-up of five stories by Hull, originally published 1942 to 1946. Certain later editions (from 1965) credit both authors.
The Enchanted Village (1979). A 25-page chapbook of a short story originally published in 1950.
Slan Hunter by Kevin... |
A. E. van Vogt | Collections | Collections
Out of the Unknown (1948), with Edna Mayne Hull
Masters of Time (1950) (a.k.a. Recruiting Station) [also includes The Changeling, both works were later published separately]
Triad (1951) omnibus of The World of Null A, The Voyage of the Space Beagle, Slan.
Away and Beyond (1952) (abridged in paperback i... |
A. E. van Vogt | Nonfiction | Nonfiction
The Hypnotism Handbook (1956, Griffin Publishing Company, with Charles Edward Cooke)
The Money Personality (1972, Parker Publishing Company Inc., West Nyack, NY, )
Reflections of A. E. Van Vogt: The Autobiography of a Science Fiction Giant (1979, Fictioneer Books Ltd., Lakemont, GA)
A Report on the Viole... |
A. E. van Vogt | See also | See also
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A. E. van Vogt | Explanatory notes | Explanatory notes |
A. E. van Vogt | Citations | Citations |
A. E. van Vogt | References | References
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A. E. van Vogt | External links | External links
Sevagram, the A.E. van Vogt information site
Obituary at Locus
"Writers: A. E. van Vogt (1912–2000, Canada)" – bibliography at SciFan
A. E. van Vogt Papers (MS 322) at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
A. E. van Vogt's fiction at Free Speculative Fiction Online
Ca... |
A. E. van Vogt | Table of Content | Short description, Early life, Career, California and post-war writing (1944–1950), Method and themes, Dianetics and fix-ups (1950–1961), Fix-ups, Return to writing and later career (1962–1986), Final years, Critical reception, Recognition, Works, Novels and novellas, Special works published as books, Collections, Nonf... |
Anna Kournikova | Short description | Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova Iglesias (née Kournikova; ; born 7 June 1981) is a Russian model and television personality, and former professional tennis player. Her appearance and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made h... |
Anna Kournikova | Early life | Early life
Kournikova was born in Moscow, Russia, on 7 June 1981. Her father, Sergei Kournikov (born 1961), a former Greco-Roman wrestling champion, eventually earned a PhD and was a professor at the University of Physical Culture and Sport in Moscow. As of 2001, he was still a part-time martial arts instructor there... |
Anna Kournikova | Tennis career | Tennis career |
Anna Kournikova | 1989–1997: early years and breakthrough | 1989–1997: early years and breakthrough
Following her arrival in the United States, she became prominent on the tennis scene. At the age of 14, she won the European Championships and the Italian Open Junior tournament. In December 1995, she became the youngest player to win the 18-and-under division of the Junior Ora... |
Anna Kournikova | 1998–2000: success and stardom | 1998–2000: success and stardom
In 1998, Kournikova broke into the WTA's top 20 rankings for the first time, when she was ranked No. 16. At the Australian Open, Kournikova lost in the third round to world No. 1 player, Martina Hingis. She also partnered with Larisa Savchenko-Neiland in women's doubles, and they lost t... |
Anna Kournikova | 2001–2003: injuries and final years | 2001–2003: injuries and final years
Her 2001 season was plagued by injuries, including a left foot stress fracture which made her withdraw from 12 tournaments, including the French Open and Wimbledon. She underwent surgery in April. She reached her second career grand slam quarterfinals, at the Australian Open. Kourn... |
Anna Kournikova | 2004–present: exhibitions and World Team Tennis | 2004–present: exhibitions and World Team Tennis
thumb|right|Kournikova at a USO-sponsored tour at Forward Operating Base Sharana on 15 December 2009
Kournikova has not played on the WTA Tour since 2003, but still plays exhibition matches for charitable causes. In late 2004, she participated in three events organized... |
Anna Kournikova | Playing style | Playing style
Kournikova plays right-handed with a two-handed backhand. She is a great player at the net. She can hit forceful groundstrokes and also drop shots.
Her playing style fits the profile for a doubles player, and is complemented by her height. She has been compared to such doubles specialists as Pam Shrive... |
Anna Kournikova | Personal life | Personal life
Kournikova was in a relationship with fellow Russian, Pavel Bure, an NHL ice hockey player. The two met in 1999, when Kournikova was still linked to Bure's former Russian teammate Sergei Fedorov. Bure and Kournikova were reported to have been engaged in 2000 after a reporter took a photo of them togethe... |
Anna Kournikova | Media publicity | Media publicity
upright|thumb|alt=Anna Kournikova playing tennis in white outfit. Left hand is extended as if she has just tossed a ball and right hand is cocking back for the serve.|Kournikova preparing to serve in 2002
In 2000, Kournikova became the new face for Berlei's shock absorber sports bras, and appeared in ... |
Anna Kournikova | Legacy and influence on popular culture | Legacy and influence on popular culture
A variation of a White Russian made with skim milk is known as an Anna Kournikova.
A video game featuring Kournikova's licensed appearance, titled Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis, was developed by Namco and released for the PlayStation in Japan and Europe in November 199... |
Anna Kournikova | Career statistics and awards | Career statistics and awards |
Anna Kournikova | Doubles performance timeline | Doubles performance timeline
Tournament199519961997199819992000200120022003SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1R2RWSFQFW3R2 / 722–5French OpenAA3RSFF3RAAA0 / 413–4WimbledonAA2RAASFASFA0 / 39–3US OpenAQF3R2RA2RAQFA0 / 510–5Win–loss0–03–15–46–311–111–43–113–22–12 / 1954–17Year-end championshipTour Championshi... |
Anna Kournikova | Grand Slam tournament finals | Grand Slam tournament finals |
Anna Kournikova | Doubles: 3 (2–1) | Doubles: 3 (2–1)
ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1999 Australian Open Hard Martina Hingis Lindsay DavenportNatasha Zvereva 7–5, 6–3Loss 1999 French Open Clay Martina Hingis Serena WilliamsVenus Williams 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–8Win 2002 Australian Open (2) Hard Martina Hingis Daniela HantuchováArantxa ... |
Anna Kournikova | Mixed doubles: 2 (0–2) | Mixed doubles: 2 (0–2)
ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1999 Wimbledon Grass Jonas Björkman Leander PaesLisa Raymond 4–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss 2000 US Open Hard Max Mirnyi Jared PalmerArantxa Sánchez Vicario 4–6, 3–6 |
Anna Kournikova | Awards | Awards
1996: WTA Newcomer of the Year
1999: WTA Doubles Team of the Year (with Martina Hingis) |
Anna Kournikova | Books | Books
Anna Kournikova by Susan Holden (2001) ( / )
Anna Kournikova by Connie Berman (2001) (Women Who Win) ( / ) |
Anna Kournikova | References | References |
Anna Kournikova | External links | External links
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Anna Kournikova | Table of Content | Short description, Early life, Tennis career, 1989–1997: early years and breakthrough, 1998–2000: success and stardom, 2001–2003: injuries and final years, 2004–present: exhibitions and World Team Tennis, Playing style, Personal life, Media publicity, Legacy and influence on popular culture, Career statistics and award... |
Alfons Maria Jakob | Short description | Alfons Maria Jakob (2 July 1884 – 17 October 1931) was a German neurologist who worked in the field of neuropathology.
He was born in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria and educated in medicine at the universities of Munich, Berlin, and Strasbourg, where he received his doctorate in 1908. During the following year, he began clini... |
Alfons Maria Jakob | Associated eponym | Associated eponym
Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease: A very rare and incurable degenerative neurological disease. It is the most common form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies caused by prions. Eponym introduced by Walther Spielmeyer in 1922.Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease at Who Named It |
Alfons Maria Jakob | Bibliography | Bibliography
Die extrapyramidalen Erkrankungen. In: Monographien aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Neurologie und Psychiatry, Berlin, 1923
Normale und pathologische Anatomie und Histologie des Grosshirns. Separate printing of Handbuch der Psychiatry. Leipzig, 1927–1928
Das Kleinhirn. In: Handbuch der mikroskopischen Anatomi... |
Alfons Maria Jakob | References | References
Category:People from Aschaffenburg
Category:Academic staff of the University of Hamburg
Category:German neurologists
Category:German neuroscientists
Category:1884 births
Category:1931 deaths |
Alfons Maria Jakob | Table of Content | Short description, Associated eponym, Bibliography, References |
Agnosticism | Short description | Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, the divine, or the supernatural is either unknowable in principle or unknown in fact. (page 56 in 1967 edition)"When used in this epistemological sense, the term “agnosticism” can very naturally be extended beyond the issue of what is or can be known to cover... |
Agnosticism | Defining agnosticism | Defining agnosticism
Being a scientist, above all else, Huxley presented agnosticism as a form of demarcation. A hypothesis with no supporting, objective, testable evidence is not an objective, scientific claim. As such, there would be no way to test said hypotheses, leaving the results inconclusive. His agnosticism ... |
Agnosticism | Etymology | Etymology
Agnostic () was used by Thomas Henry Huxley in a speech at a meeting of the Metaphysical Society in 1869 to describe his philosophy, which rejects all claims of spiritual or mystical knowledge.
Early Christian church leaders used the Greek word gnosis (knowledge) to describe "spiritual knowledge". Agnosticis... |
Agnosticism | Qualifying agnosticism | Qualifying agnosticism
Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume contended that meaningful statements about the universe are always qualified by some degree of doubt. He asserted that the fallibility of human beings means that they cannot obtain absolute certainty except in trivial cases where a statement is true b... |
Agnosticism | Types | Types |
Agnosticism | Strong agnosticism | Strong agnosticism
Also called "hard", "closed", "strict", or "permanent agnosticism", strong agnosticism is the view that the question of the existence or nonexistence of a deity or deities, and the nature of ultimate reality is unknowable by reason of our natural inability to verify any subjective experience with any... |
Agnosticism | Weak agnosticism | Weak agnosticism
Also called "soft", "open", "empirical", "hopeful", or "temporal agnosticism", weak agnosticism is the view that the existence or nonexistence of any deities is currently unknown but is not necessarily unknowable; therefore, one will withhold judgement until evidence, if any, becomes available. A weak ... |
Agnosticism | Apathetic agnosticism | Apathetic agnosticism
The view that no amount of debate can prove or disprove the existence of one or more deities, and if one or more deities exist, they do not appear to be concerned about the fate of humans. Therefore, some may feel their existence has little to no impact on personal human affairs and should be of l... |
Agnosticism | History | History |
Agnosticism | Hindu philosophy | Hindu philosophy
Throughout the history of Hinduism there has been a strong tradition of philosophic speculation and skepticism.
The Rig Veda takes an agnostic view on the fundamental question of how the universe and the gods were created. Nasadiya Sukta (Creation Hymn) in the tenth chapter of the Rig Veda says: |
Agnosticism | Hume, Kant, and Kierkegaard | Hume, Kant, and Kierkegaard
Aristotle,
Anselm,
Aquinas,
Descartes,
and Gödel presented arguments attempting to rationally prove the existence of God. The skeptical empiricism of David Hume, the antinomies of Immanuel Kant, and the existential philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard convinced many later philosophers to abandon ... |
Agnosticism | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
Agnosticism | Charles Darwin | Charles Darwin
thumb|upright|Charles Darwin in 1854
Raised in a religious environment, Charles Darwin (1809–1882) studied to be an Anglican clergyman. While eventually doubting parts of his faith, Darwin continued to help in church affairs, even while avoiding church attendance. Darwin stated that it would be "absurd t... |
Agnosticism | Thomas Henry Huxley | Thomas Henry Huxley
thumb|upright|Thomas Henry Huxley in the 1860s. He was the first to decisively coin the term agnosticism.
Agnostic views are as old as philosophical skepticism, but the terms agnostic and agnosticism were created by Huxley (1825–1895) to sum up his thoughts on contemporary developments of metaphysi... |
Agnosticism | William Stewart Ross | William Stewart Ross
William Stewart Ross (1844–1906) wrote under the name of Saladin. He was associated with Victorian Freethinkers and the organization the British Secular Union. He edited the Secular Review from 1882; it was renamed Agnostic Journal and Eclectic Review and closed in 1907. Ross championed agnosticism... |
Agnosticism | Bertrand Russell | Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) declared Why I Am Not a Christian in 1927, a classic statement of agnosticism.
He calls upon his readers to "stand on their own two feet and look fair and square at the world with a fearless attitude and a free intelligence".
In 1939, Russell... |
Agnosticism | Leslie Weatherhead | Leslie Weatherhead
In 1965, Christian theologian Leslie Weatherhead (1893–1976) published The Christian Agnostic, in which he argues:
Although radical and unpalatable to conventional theologians, Weatherhead's agnosticism falls far short of Huxley's, and short even of weak agnosticism: |
Agnosticism | United States | United States |
Agnosticism | Robert G. Ingersoll | Robert G. Ingersoll
thumb|Robert G. Ingersoll
Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899), an Illinois lawyer and politician who evolved into a well-known and sought-after orator in 19th-century America, has been referred to as the "Great Agnostic".
In an 1896 lecture titled Why I Am An Agnostic, Ingersoll stated this:
In the c... |
Agnosticism | Bernard Iddings Bell | Bernard Iddings Bell
Canon Bernard Iddings Bell (1886–1958), a popular cultural commentator, Episcopal priest, and author, lauded the necessity of agnosticism in Beyond Agnosticism: A Book for Tired Mechanists, calling it the foundation of "all intelligent Christianity". Agnosticism was a temporary mindset in which o... |
Agnosticism | Demographics | Demographics
thumb|upright=2.5|Nonreligious population by country, 2010
thumb|Percentage of people in various European countries who said: "I don't believe there is any sort of spirit, God or life force." (2005)
Demographic research services normally do not differentiate between various types of non-religious responde... |
Agnosticism | Criticism | Criticism
Agnosticism is criticized from a variety of standpoints. Some atheists criticize the use of the term agnosticism as functionally indistinguishable from atheism; this results in frequent criticisms of those who adopt the term as avoiding the atheist label. |
Agnosticism | Theistic | Theistic
Theistic critics claim that agnosticism is impossible in practice, since a person can live only either as if God did not exist (etsi deus non-daretur), or as if God did exist (etsi deus daretur). |
Agnosticism | Christian | Christian
According to Pope Benedict XVI, strong agnosticism in particular contradicts itself in affirming the power of reason to know scientific truth. He blames the exclusion of reasoning from religion and ethics for dangerous pathologies such as crimes against humanity and ecological disasters.
"Agnosticism", said B... |
Agnosticism | Atheistic | Atheistic
According to Richard Dawkins, a distinction between agnosticism and atheism is unwieldy and depends on how close to zero a person is willing to rate the probability of existence for any given god-like entity. About himself, Dawkins continues, "I am agnostic only to the extent that I am agnostic about fairies ... |
Agnosticism | Ignosticism | Ignosticism
A related concept is ignosticism, the view that a coherent definition of a deity must be put forward before the question of the existence of a deity can be meaningfully discussed. If the chosen definition is not coherent, the ignostic holds the noncognitivist view that the existence of a deity is meaningles... |
Agnosticism | See also | See also |
Agnosticism | References | References |
Agnosticism | Further reading | Further reading
Alexander, Nathan G. "An Atheist with a Tall Hat On: The Forgotten History of Agnosticism." The Humanist, February 19, 2019.
Annan, Noel. Leslie Stephen: The Godless Victorian (U of Chicago Press, 1984)
Cockshut, A.O.J. The Unbelievers, English Thought, 1840–1890 (1966).
Dawkins, Richard. "The po... |
Agnosticism | External links | External links
Albert Einstein on Religion Shapell Manuscript Foundation
Why I Am An Agnostic by Robert G. Ingersoll, [1896].
Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Agnosticism
Agnosticism from INTERS – Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Religion and Science
Agnosticism – from ReligiousTolerance.org
What do ... |
Agnosticism | Table of Content | Short description, Defining agnosticism, Etymology, Qualifying agnosticism, Types, Strong agnosticism, Weak agnosticism, Apathetic agnosticism, History, Hindu philosophy, Hume, Kant, and Kierkegaard, United Kingdom, Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, William Stewart Ross, Bertrand Russell, Leslie Weatherhead, United ... |