Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In metaphysics, the doctrine or theory of ignorance, which seeks to determine what we are necessarily ignorant of.
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- noun (Metaph.) The doctrine concerning those things of which we are necessarily ignorant.
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- noun The
study of things of which cannot beknown .
Etymologies
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From Greek: ἀγνωστ, agnost, "not known"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge."
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In philosophy [emphasis added] a different principle of agnoiology [the study of ignorance] is appropriate, to wit, that no hypothesis should be rejected as unjustified without argument against it.
Skepticism Klein, Peter 2005
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n. - state of being unable to swallow. adj. - having same male forefather; allied; Law, related on father's side; n. such relative. agnation, agnathous adj. - lacking jaws. agnathia, n. agnoiology
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pavonine commented on the word agnoiology
the science or study of ignorance, which determines its quality and conditions.
November 25, 2007
jmjarmstrong commented on the word agnoiology
JM knows that life wasn't meant to be devoted to agnoiology
February 14, 2010