Etiqueta: agnotology

The study of ignorance. The term ‘agnotology’ (a combination of ‘agnosia,’ meaning ‘lack of knowledge,’ and ‘logos,’ meaning ‘reasoning,’ ‘speech,’ or ‘discourse’) refers to the study of socially produced ignorance. This ignorance can be driven by human motivations, values, objectives, and interests, and it can be the subject of study, classification, and systematization. →