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Names: DeNicola, Daniel R., author.

Title: Understanding ignorance : the surprising impact of what we don’t know / Daniel R. DeNicola.

Description: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016053943 | ISBN 9780262036443 (hardcover : alk. paper)

eISBN 9780262341028

Subjects: LCSH: Ignorance (Theory of knowledge) | Knowledge, Theory of.

Classification: LCC BD221 .D46 2017 | DDC 153.4--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016053943

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