agnotology

• agnatology

Coined by Robert N. Proctor[1], deriving from the Neoclassical Greek word ἄγνωσις (ἄgnosis, “not knowing”), compare ἄγνωτος (ágnōtos), and -λογία (-logía).

agnotology (uncountable)

1. The study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data.
   • 2005, Robert Proctor, Londa L. Schiebinger, Agnotology: the making and unmaking of ignorance, page 6:

     Our interest here, though, is less in remediation than in what Nancy Tuana has called the "liberatory moment"—which brings us to a more subtle form of agnatology

   • 2014, Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go To Waste, page 225:

     Indeed, the think tanks and corporations that employ economists frequently explicitly seek to foster ignorance as part of their business plans: that is the postmodern phenomenon of agnotology.

• agnotologic
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