nescience

noun

The absence of knowledge, especially of orthodox beliefs. / (philosophy) The doctrine that nothing is actually knowable.

He was filled with nescience about the subject.

意味（1）

The absence of knowledge, especially of orthodox beliefs.

Better to have honest nescience than to have militant ignorance.

意味（2）

(philosophy) The doctrine that nothing is actually knowable.

The theory of nescience is but the obverse of the fact of science.