Philosophical theory that denies the possibility of human knowledge of the world or the possibility of a consistent knowledge of the world. The term “agnosticism” goes back to Aldous Huxley, a British philosopher and scientist. In 1869, he expressed a skeptical standpoint and attitude towards Christian theology with the term “agnosticism”: neither to believe in the existence nor the non-existence of God, and to deny that one can have any knowledge of the nature of God. Later, the term “agnosticism” was used beyond such scope…
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