Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Areas of Specialization
Social and Political Philosophy
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    Ignorance Production and Corporate Science
    Dissertation, Queen’s University. 2015.
    This thesis is a philosophical exploration of “agnotology”, the study of ignorance or non-knowledge, and focuses on the production of ignorance for private interests. In particular, I argue that corporate science often deliberately produces ignorance in an effort to promote corporate interests. My thesis is structured into five chapters. In Chapter 1, I introduce agnotology and outline Robert N. Proctor’s three categories thereof: ignorance as native state, ignorance as selective choice, and ign…Read more