Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Agnosticism ?

Although the philosophical position described as ‘agnosticism’ - scepticism with respect to the existence or nonexistence of a supernatural divine being - has a long history, the term itself was introduced by Thomas H. Huxley in 1869 in order to provide an ‘ism’ that described his own intellectual outlook on matters of religion.Huxley held that neither belief nor disbelief in the existence of God or some supernatural divine reality is warranted, because in his judgment we are simply unable to discover sufficient rational grounds to support either belief or disbelief.