Agnoiology
//ˌæɡnɔɪˈɑlədʒi// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The study of things of which cannot be known. uncountable
"[…]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."
Example
More examples"[…]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."
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.
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