English

Alternative forms

• agnatology

Noun

agnotology ‎(uncountable)

1. The study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data.
   • 2005, Agnotology: the making and unmaking of ignorance, page 6:

     Our interest here, though, is less in remediation than in what Nancy Tuana has called the "liberatory moment"—which brings us to a more subtle form of agnatology

Derived terms

• agnotologic
• agnotologist

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References

1. ↑ Arenson, Karen W. (2006-08-22), “What Organizations Don't Want to Know Can Hurt”, in New York Times