# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-frederick-ferrier
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:48:22.047Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-frederick-ferrier"
name: "James Frederick Ferrier"
slug: "james-frederick-ferrier"
description: "James Frederick Ferrier was a Scottish metaphysical writer and philosopher. He introduced the word epistemology in philosophical English, as well as coining agnoiology for the study of ignorance."
tagline: "Scottish philosopher (1808-1864)"
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birthDate: "1808-06-16"
deathDate: "1864-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump