openness vs skepticism

openness

noun
  • Lack of secrecy; candour, transparency. 

  • The degree to which a system operates with distinct boundaries across which exchange occurs capable of inducing change in the system while maintaining the boundaries themselves. 

  • Accommodating attitude or opinion, as in receptivity to new ideas, behaviors, cultures, peoples, environments, experiences, etc., different from the familiar, conventional, traditional, or one's own. 

  • The degree to which a person, group, organization, institution, or society exhibits this liberal attitude or opinion. 

  • degree of accessibility to view, use, and modify in a shared environment with legal rights generally held in common and preventing proprietary restrictions on the right of others to continue viewing, using, modifying and sharing. 

skepticism

noun
  • Doubt or disbelief of religious doctrines 

  • The practice or philosophy of being a skeptic. 

  • The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible 

  • A studied attitude of questioning and doubt 

  • A methodology that starts from a neutral standpoint and aims to acquire certainty though scientific or logical observation. 

How often have the words openness and skepticism occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )