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agnoiology

British  
/ ˌæɡnɔɪˈɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. philosophy the theory of ignorance

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Etymology

Origin of agnoiology

C19: from Greek a- without + gnōsis knowledge

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The leading contradiction which is corrected in the “Agnoiology or Theory of Ignorance” is this: that there can be an ignorance of that of which there can be no knowledge.

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