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A field that studies skepticism as a social phenomenon—how skeptical communities form, how they enforce orthodoxy, how they distinguish legitimate doubt from “pseudoskepticism,” and how skepticism can serve as a status marker or a tool for exclusion. It examines the social networks, conferences, publications, and online spaces where skepticism is practiced, revealing that skeptics are not isolated individuals but members of communities with their own rituals, heroes, and boundary‑policing mechanisms.
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