Concept information
Preferred term
agnotology
Definition
- Agnotology is the study of ignorance (from the Greek word agnoia (), meaning “ignorance;” a = “non” and gnosis = “knowledge”). The term is a neologism coined by Robert Proctor. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Agnotology, Ignorance, and Uncertainty]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/agnotology
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