Council for British Research in the Levant

The Ominous Triangle of Ignorance: Proposing a Three-Axis Analytical Framework in Ignorance Studies

Three categories of false belief, namely superstitious or paranormal belief, pseudoscience, and vacuous pseudo-philosophical nonsense, have not previously been treated as a single, named analytical unit in the ignorance studies literature. This paper attempts to fill that gap by...

How Much Precision Is Really Enough? A Look at the Precision of Writing in an Age of Unlimited Judgement

Large language models have turned the supply of critique from something scarce and costly into something abundant, instant and almost free. As a result, the list of objections these models raise against any text is structurally endless and never reaches saturation. This article a...

Emergent Ignorance in the Digital Age: Linking Qualitative Ignorance Studies and Network Epistemology

This paper explores the emergence of a new form of structural ignorance in the digital environment, one that arises from network connections rather than a lack of information or intentional deception. It bridges two distinct intellectual traditions that have historically not enga...

Emergent Ignorance in the Digital Age: Linking Qualitative Ignorance Studies and Network Epistemology

This paper explores the emergence of a new form of structural ignorance in the digital environment, one that arises from network connections rather than a lack of information or intentional deception. It bridges two distinct intellectual traditions that have historically not enga...

The Classification of Ignorance and Its Challenges: A Comparative Review of Pre-modern and Contemporary Traditions

Ignorance, unlike many subjects that humanity has taken seriously, has not yet found a shared language for classifying its own types. This paper reviews the efforts made so far to distinguish types of ignorance: from pre-modern distinctions in the Greek, Roman, Jewish, Islamic, C...

The Classification of Ignorance and Its Challenges: A Comparative Review of Pre-modern and Contemporary Traditions

Ignorance, unlike many subjects that humanity has taken seriously, has not yet found a shared language for classifying its own types. This paper reviews the efforts made so far to distinguish types of ignorance: from pre-modern distinctions in the Greek, Roman, Jewish, Islamic, C...