agnoiology

English

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]

Pronunciation

Noun

agnoiology (uncountable)

  1. The study of things of which cannot be known.
    • 1875, James Frederick Ferrier, Institutes of Metaphysic, section 2, proposition 1:
      […] 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.

References

  1. ^ “agnoiology, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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