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agnoiology

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Etymology

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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]

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Noun

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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.
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References

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

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