Religion and the knowledge of the world have always been one of the most discussed subjects in the philosophical sphere. Unfortunately, many of the ignorant people absolutely do not understand the meaning and difference between this or that philosophical current or concept. Cognition of the world, religion and agnosticism - how are these terms related and what is their meaning?
The basic definition of agnosticism. Term history
If you refer to sources such as Wikipedia, you can find approximately the following definition for the query "Agnosticism":
"… The term used in philosophy, the theory of knowledge and theology, denoting the position according to which the knowledge of existing reality (truth) is completely impossible through ordinary (subjective) knowledge. Agnosticism denies the possibility of proving this or that statement, which is based on subjective experience. As a philosophical doctrine, agnosticism is the idea of the impossibility of knowing the world."
In science, agnosticism is the doctrine that any knowledge of something is deliberately distorted by our mind, and, accordingly, a person cannot know the nature of the origin of any phenomenon or thing.
It was the agnostics who were the first to seriously develop the postulate that "any truth is relative and objective." According to agnosticism, each person has his own truth, which can change with the development of science and technology.
For the first time, the term "agnosticism" was coined by zoologist Thomas Henry Huxley in 1869. "When I reached intellectual maturity, I began to wonder who I am: a Christian, an atheist, a pantheist, a materialist, an idealist or a free-thinking person … I realized that I can’t call myself any of the above except the last, " wrote Huxley.
An agnostic is a person who is convinced that the primary nature of things and phenomena cannot be fully studied due to the subjectivity of the human mind.
