agnoiology en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌæɡnɔɪˈɑlədʒi/ (General-American)
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.
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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.
1875, James Frederick Ferrier, Institutes of Metaphysic, section 2, proposition 1: