Meaning of agnotology | Babel Free

Definitions

The study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data.

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“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”

“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.”

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