Ignorance: Ignorance is lack of knowledge regarding a particular subject. It should not be confused with stupidity; many people might be uninformed (ignorant) about the facts of, say, evolution, but are quite knowledgeable (not stupid) on many other subjects. [100%] 2023-12-07 [Education]
Ignorance: Ignorance : The relative lack of knowledge, either with respect to a specific subject, or in general. [100%] 2023-08-21
Ignorance: Ignorance, want of knowledge, a state of mind which in law has important consequences. A well-known legal maxim runs: ignorantia juris non excusat (“ignorance of the law does not excuse”). With this is sometimes coupled another maxim: ignorantia facti ... [100%] 2022-09-02
Ignorance: IGNORANCE ig'-no-rans (sheghaghah; agnoia): "Ignorance" is the translation of sheghaghah, "wandering," "going astray" (Leviticus 4:2, etc., "if a soul sin through ignorance," the Revised Version (British and American) "unwittingly," margin "through error"; Leviticus 5:15; Numbers 15 ... [100%] 1915-01-01
Ignorance: Ignorance (from Latin ignorantia) is the state of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; or the state of being uneducated or uninformed. It is not properly a synonym for stupidity, for ... [100%] 2023-02-21 [Psychology] [Liberal Traits]...
Ignorance: The word "ignorant" is an adjective that describes a person in the state of being unaware, or even cognitive dissonance and other cognitive relation, and can describe individuals who are unaware of important information or facts. Ignorance can appear in ... (Philosophy) [100%] 2023-12-15 [Ignorance] [Concepts in epistemology]...
Ignorance (song): "Ignorance" is a song by American rock band Paramore. It was released on July 7, 2009 as the lead single from the band's third studio album, Brand New Eyes (2009). (Song) [70%] 2023-11-02 [2009 songs] [2009 singles]...
Ignorance management: Ignorance management is a knowledge management practice that addresses the concept of ignorance in organizations. Logically, ignorance management is based upon the concept of ignorance. (Knowledge management practice) [70%] 2023-12-28 [Knowledge management] [Information systems]...
Ignorance and disbelief: Ignorance and disbelief are often mistaken for one another, particularly by liberals - who frequently claim that Christian disbelief in Evolution indicates ignorance. This is odd, in view of the enormous number of practicing scientists who disagree with the theory. [57%] 2023-02-06 [Essays] [Science]...
Ignorance Is Bliss: Ignorance Is Bliss é o quarto álbum de estúdio da banda Face to Face, lançado em 27 de julho de 1999. Todas as faixas por Trever Keith e Scott Shiflett, exceto onde anotado. [57%] 2023-07-30
Ignorance is Strength: Pour les articles homonymes, voir Orwell. Cet article ne cite pas suffisamment ses sources (octobre 2020). [57%] 2025-01-08
The Book of General Ignorance: The Book of General Ignorance is the first in a series of books based on the final round in the intellectual British panel game QI, written by series-creator John Lloyd and head-researcher John Mitchinson, to help spread the ... (2006 nonfiction book) [44%] 2023-12-24 [Books based on QI] [Trivia books]...
Ignorance Of The Law ("Shogeg"): Through the institution of Hatra'ah, warning by the witnesses before the crime was committed was made by the Rabbis a prerequisite to the infliction of punishment for all criminal acts. The warning once given, the culprit could claim neither ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [44%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Ignorance Is Bliss (Face to Face album): Ignorance Is Bliss is the fifth studio album by the punk rock band, Face to Face. The album was released in 1999, and was a musical and lyrical departure from the pop-punk or skate-punk influenced music found on ... (Face to Face album) [37%] 2023-11-27 [1999 albums] [Face to Face (punk band) albums]...
Invincible ignorance: Invincible ignorance is a theological concept found primarily in Catholicism. Invincible ignorance denotes a lack of knowledge for which someone is not held morally responsible. [70%] 2023-02-21 [Catholic Church]
Rational ignorance: Rational ignorance is refraining from acquiring knowledge when the supposed cost of educating oneself on an issue exceeds the expected potential benefit that the knowledge would provide. Ignorance about an issue is said to be "rational" when the cost of ... (Practice of avoiding research whose cost exceeds its benefits) [70%] 2023-11-29 [Concepts in epistemology] [Game theory]...
Vincible ignorance: Vincible ignorance is, in Catholic moral theology, ignorance that a person could remove by applying reasonable diligence in the given set of circumstances. It contrasts with invincible ignorance, which a person is either entirely incapable of removing, or could only ... (Religion) [70%] 2023-11-17 [Catholic theology and doctrine]
Pluralistic ignorance: In social psychology, pluralistic ignorance (also known as a collective illusion) is a phenomenon which occurs when people mistakenly believe that everyone else holds a different opinion than their own. Most people in a group may go along with a ... (Philosophy) [70%] 2023-11-06 [Ignorance]
Rational ignorance: Rational ignorance occurs when a decision-maker chooses not to gain more information because the costs of doing so would likely outweigh the benefits. If you were to visit an unfamiliar town that you are unlikely to visit again, you ... [70%] 2023-12-08 [Psychology]
Rational ignorance: Rational ignorance is a voter's conscious decision to remain uninformed about a political issue. This ignorance is considered to be "rational" when the marginal cost of learning about the issue exceeds the marginal benefit of voting because one vote ... [70%] 2023-03-17 [Economics terms] [Political Terms]...
Willful ignorance: Willful ignorance is the practice or act of intentional and blatant avoidance, disregard or disagreement with facts, empirical evidence and well-founded arguments because they oppose or contradict your own existing personal beliefs; deliberately restricting one's knowledge due to ... [70%] 2023-03-09 [Criminal Law] [Psychology]...
Deliberate ignorance: Deliberate ignorance (sometimes willful ignorance) is the practice of refusing to consider or discuss logic or evidence disproving ideologically motivated positions. Related concepts are wishful thinking and the fallacy of invincible ignorance. [70%] 2023-02-14 [Rhetoric] [Liberal Traits]...
Scientific ignorance: Scientific ignorance is lack of knowledge about the findings of science, especially modern science. It is unrelated to whether a person believes in these findings. [70%] 2023-06-23 [Science]
Willful ignorance: Willful ignorance is the state and practice of ignoring any sensory input that appears to contradict one's inner model of reality. At heart, it is almost certainly driven by confirmation bias and/or avoidance of cognitive dissonance. [70%] 2024-01-08 [Anti-intellectualism] [Arguments from ignorance]...
Willful ignorance: In law, willful ignorance is when a person seeks to avoid civil or criminal liability for a wrongful act by intentionally keeping themselves unaware of facts that would render them liable or implicated. In United States v. (Philosophy) [70%] 2024-08-31 [Ignorance]
Invincible ignorance fallacy: The invincible ignorance fallacy, also known as argument by pigheadedness, is a deductive fallacy of circularity where the person in question simply refuses to believe the argument, ignoring any evidence given. It is not so much a fallacious tactic in ... (Philosophy) [57%] 2023-10-12 [Ignorance]
Argument from ignorance: The argument from ignorance (or argumentum ad ignorantiam and negative proof) is a logical fallacy that claims the truth of a premise is based on the fact that it has not (yet) been proven false or that a premise is ... [57%] 2023-12-25 [Assessing pseudoscience] [Arguments from ignorance]...
Veil of ignorance: The "veil of ignorance" is a method of determining the morality of issues. It asks a decision-maker to make a choice about a social or moral issue and assumes that they have enough information to know the consequences of ... (Philosophy) [57%] 2023-11-22 [Concepts in ethics] [Justice]...
Argument from ignorance: Argument from ignorance (from Latin: argumentum ad ignorantiam), also known as appeal to ignorance (in which ignorance represents "a lack of contrary evidence"), is a fallacy in informal logic. It asserts that a proposition is true because it has not ... (Philosophy) [57%] 2023-11-30 [Ignorance]
Blissful ignorance effect: In consumer behaviour studies, the Blissful Ignorance Effect is when people who have good information about a product are not expected to be as happy with the product as people who have less information about it. This happens because the ... (Philosophy) [57%] 2023-12-23 [Cognitive biases]
Vincible and invincible ignorance: Vincible ignorance is, in Catholic moral theology, ignorance that a person could remove by applying reasonable diligence in the given set of circumstances. It contrasts with invincible ignorance, which a person is either entirely incapable of removing, or could only ... (Religion) [50%] 2023-06-27 [Catholic theology and doctrine]
Invincible ignorance (Catholic theology): Invincible ignorance is used in Catholic moral theology to refer to the state of persons who are, through no fault of their own, ignorant of the fact that the Christian message is true. It is the opposite of the term ... (Religion) [50%] 2023-11-25 [Catholic theology and doctrine]
Fallacy of invincible ignorance: The fallacy of invincible ignorance, not to be confused with the theological concept of the same name, is probably the simplest logical fallacy. It consists of simply maintaining one's position after it has been disproved. [50%] 2023-02-20 [Logical Fallacies]
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