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Vinony

agnoiology

noun

  1. the study of the nature of ignorance or of what it is impossible to know
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Pronunciation: /ˌæɡnɔɪˈɑlədʒi/

noun

Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄγνοια (ágnoia, “the state of not knowing or perceiving: ignorance, unawareness”) + -ology, from -o- + -logy, from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “knowledge”). Coined by Scottish philosopher James Frederick Ferrier.

  1. The study of things of which cannot be known.

    “[…]and hence a reasoned and systematic ontology has remained until this day a desideratum in speculative science, because a reasoned and systematic agnoiology has never yet been projected.”