Thanks.    Most interesting.   DKH

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> On Apr 17, 2016, at 4:24 PM, Jim Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
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>  
> 
> Hi
>  
> Came across following article describing work by a science historian under 
> the rubric of “agnotology” (study of ignorance) that clearly overlaps with 
> interest in critical thinking, debunking, and the like in psychology.
>  
> http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160105-the-man-who-studies-the-spread-of-ignorance
>  
> Here’s an intro to Proctor’s book on the subject.
>  
> http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/hale/ENVS5200/Agnotology-Introduction.pdf
>  
> Proctor has a few references in PsycInfo, three on tobacco and one on 
> eugenics, which probably overlaps with psychology in other ways as well 
> (e.g., evolutionary psychology).
>  
> New to me, but perhaps not others.
>  
> Take care
> Jim
>  
>  
> Jim Clark
> Professor & Chair of Psychology
> University of Winnipeg
> 204-786-9757
> Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart)
> www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark
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