Obscurantism
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Obscurantism, also called obscurationism, is a polemical charge of deliberately presenting information in an abstruse and imprecise manner that limits further inquiry and understanding of a subject. O
The term "obscurationism" was coined during debates involving scholar Johannes Reuchlin (1455–1522).
The Marquis de Condorcet, an 18th century philosopher, considered obscurantism as a contributing cause of the French Revolution in 1789.
The computer scientist Bill Joy proposed controlling the public's access to certain data, information, and knowledge, because the public cannot handle the truth.
The economist Friedrich August von Hayek
Johann Reuchlin
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Johann Reuchlin, sometimes called Johannes, was a German Catholic humanist and a scholar of Greek and Hebrew, whose work also took him to modern-day Austria, Switzerland, Italy, and France. Most of Re
Obscurantism
…The term "obscurationism" was coined during debates involving scholar Johannes Reuchlin (1455–1522). Obscurantism, also called obscurationism, is a polemical charge of deliberately presenting information in an abstruse and imprecise manner…
Johann Reuchlin, woodcut depiction from 1516
Johann Reuchlin's coat of arms
Johannes Reuchlin 400th anniversary of his death 1922 medal
The reverse of this medal by Ernst Barlach