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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cohen, Leah Hager.

I don’t know : in praise of admitting ignorancet (except when you shouldn’t) / Leah Hager Cohen.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-698-13760-8

1. Truthfulness and falsehood. 2. Ignorance (Theory of knowledge) 3. Skepticism. I. Title.

BJ1421.C64 2013 2013024605

177'.3—dc23

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