Ignorance (disambiguation)

Ignorance is a state of being uninformed.

Ignorance may also refer to:

In social sciences:

• Pluralistic ignorance, a concept in social psychology
• Rational ignorance, a concept in epistemology
• Vincible ignorance, a moral or doctrinal matter in Catholic ethics
• Ignorantia juris non excusat, literally "ignorance of the law is no excuse", the legal principle that the law applies also to those who are unaware of it
• Avidya (Hinduism), ignorance as a concept in Vedanta
• Avijja, ignorance as a concept in Buddhism

In literature:

• Ignorance (novel), a 2000 novel by Milan Kundera
• Ignorance, a poem in Philip Larkin's collection The Whitsun Weddings

In music:

• Ignorance (album), a 1987 album by American metal band Sacred Reich
• "Ignorance (song)", a song by American pop punk band Paramore
• Steve Ignorant, British punk musician

See also

• Attention