Sentence examples for new scepticism from inspiring English sources

Some in the audience were less ecstatic when he relayed his old opposition to protectionism and his new scepticism about unfettered capitalism.

And the new scepticism has also made it politically acceptable for the Dutch to complain long and loud about the fact that they are the biggest net contributor per head to the EU budget.

To this we now add a new scepticism from American business as to the longer-term stability and growth potential of the Chinese economy after a string of troubling economic indicators, and significant stock-market volatility over the summer.

If the result of this case is that the concept of practical expertise takes a knocking, the Daubert standard will have been strengthened.According to Barry Fisher, president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and of the International Association of Forensic Sciences, another reason for the new scepticism is the unequivocal success and accuracy of DNA analysis.

The better known of his books were The New Scepticism: Inquiry and Reliable Knowledge (1992), The Courage to Become: The Virtues of Humanism (1997), Skeptical Odysseys: Personal Accounts by the World's Leading Paranormal Inquirers (2001), which he edited, and Skepticism and Humanism: The New Paradigm (also 2001).

The Cubist painter, Francis Picabia, was the herald of this new scepticism when he proclaimed, "Beliefs are ideas going bald".

Perhaps competitiveness is the new climate scepticism.

The new Lomborg ("Scepticism 2.0") relies heavily on a few conservative economists, notably Richard Tol and William Nordhaus, to suggest that we can't afford real climate solutions.

The battery against cash is coming from three fronts - new technologies, scepticism about the stewardship of sovereign currencies and increased enthusiasm for alternative currencies, and greater scrutiny about cash's myriad costs.

AG Cook doesn't give interviews, and you can understand the emperor's-new-clothes scepticism among music writers who are probably scared to risk becoming a laughing stock for praising a label which feels like it could be an elaborate ruse.

In contrast, recent media reports suggest a new-found scepticism about bottled water.