"encourage skepticism" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to actively promote or advocate for critical thinking and questioning of information. Example: The teacher encouraged skepticism among her students, reminding them to always fact-check and think critically before accepting any information as truth.
Germany's nine public sector landesbanks all passed — a result that could encourage skepticism about whether the criteria were strict enough.
Steve Andreasen, director of defense policy and arms control of the National Security Council at the White House, said the stewardship program was specifically designed to encourage skepticism so that any possible problems would be found.
The problem with rival theories of cognition, especially Descartes', is that they encourage skepticism and fail to account for the knowledge we clearly have.
However, when a major institution such as the Catholic Church is willing to attribute otherwise unexplained events to miracles, it strains credulity so much as to encourage skepticism about its other claims.
Scientific information coming from a nonscientific political figure is likely to encourage skepticism, not enthusiasm.
Naturally, science encourages skepticism, and a skeptical nature in science leads to thorough questioning, testing and review, which allow theories to develop.
Santos-Dumont himself shared and encouraged skepticism about the Wrights' achievement.
For synthetic biology to accomplish any of its goals, we will also need an education system that encourages skepticism and the study of science.
But the instability now in all three countries has, as the Transatlantic Trends report shows, encouraged skepticism among Europeans and Americans about the use of force.
The same culture that demands tough-mindedness also encourages skepticism toward the suggestion that the violence of war can hurt the healthiest of minds.
As the scholars Jack Goody and Ian Watt observed, it is only in a literate culture that the past's inconsistencies have to be accounted for, a process that encourages skepticism and forces history to diverge from myth.
