An exploration of what we can know about what we don\'t know: why Ignorance is more than simply a lack of knowledge.
It is a scourge, but, Denicola argues daringly, it may also be a refuge, a value, even an accompaniment to virtue..
Its practical effects range from the inconsequential to the momentous.
It is both an accusation and a defense ("You are ignorant!" "Yes, but I didn\'t know!").
Ignorance is neither pure nor simple.
He discusses the ethics of ignorance, including the right not to know, considers the supposed virtues of ignorance, and concludes that there are situations in which Ignorance is morally good.
He treats willful Ignorance and describes the culture in which Ignorance becomes an ideological stance.
Taking a broadly philosophical approach, Denicola examines many forms of ignorance, using the metaphors of Ignorance as place, boundary, limit, and horizon.
How can the unknown become known-and still be unknown? But he argues that Ignorance is more than a lack or a void, and that it has dynamic and complex interactions with knowledge.
Denicola aims to understand ignorance, which seems at first paradoxical.
In this book, philosopher Daniel Denicola explores ignorance-its abundance, its endurance, and its consequences.
This may be the Information Age, but we do not seem to be well informed.
Conspiracy theories and false knowledge thrive.
Ignorance about American government and history is so alarming that the ideal of an informed citizenry now seems quaint.
Fake news and repeated falsehoods are accepted and shape firm belief.
Politicians boast, "I\'m not a scientist." Angry citizens object to a proposed state motto because it is in Latin, and "This is America, not Mexico or Latin America." Lack of experience, not expertise, becomes a credential.
Ignorance is trending.
An exploration of what we can know about what we don\'t know: why Ignorance is more than simply a lack of knowledge
