Agnotology: The Making And Unmaking Of . . .
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| Originally published | 2008 |
| Genres | Conference Proceeding |
| Editors | Robert N. Proctor |
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| ID | 2616222 |
About Agnotology: The Making And Unmaking Of . . .
What don't we know, and why don't we know it? What keeps ignorance alive, or allows it to be used as a political instrument? Agnotology—the study of ignorance—provides a new theoretical perspective to broaden traditional questions about "how we know" to ask: Why don't we know what we don't know? . . .