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单词 agnoiology
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agnoiologyn.

Brit. /ˌaɡnɔɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌæɡnɔɪˈɑlədʒi/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἄγνοια , -ology comb. form.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ἄγνοια ignorance (probably < ἀγνοεῖν to be ignorant (see Agnoetes n.) + -ία -ia suffix1) + -ology comb. form.Ancient Greek ἄγνοια may derive from ἀγνοῦν to be ignorant, but it is also possible that the verb is derived from the noun; the vocalism is probably after that of ἄνοια lack of understanding (see epiloia n.) and νοεῖν to understand, perceive (see noesis n.), respectively.
Philosophy.
The study of the nature of ignorance or of what it is impossible to know; a particular theory concerning this. Cf. epistemology n.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > epistemology > [noun] > agniology
agnoiology1854
1854 J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic 48 We must examine and fix what ignorance is—what we are, and can be, ignorant of. And thus we are thrown upon an entirely new research, constituting an intermediate section of philosophy, which we term the agnoiology or theory of ignorance.
1874 A. Grant Ethics of Aristotle (ed. 3) I. 189 The Agnoiology, or theory of Ignorance, in Book VII.,—to explain how men can act against what they know to be best,—..appears to have been considerably suggested by Platonic discussions.
1923 Mod. Lang. Notes 38 446 So long as Plato's cave,..keeps its value as a symbol of human conditions of thought, so long will Agnoiology be concerned with shadows and unrealities.
2003 A. C. Grayling in S. Luper Skeptics iii. 29 It is a mistake to think of skepticism as consisting in an agnoiology, that is a thesis to the effect that we are ignorant either globally or in some region of inquiry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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