The concept of the Anthropocene can be seen as an attempt to give a holistic understanding of the world as it poses a new antithesis in the dialectics of Man and Nature. As such it seems only possible to analyse from the tradition of Bildung. But the dialectics persist. On the one hand, there is a growing understanding of the self-reflection and humility needed in order to act responsibly in this new world; on the other, there is resistance to the fact that Man alters the world in catastrophic ways and to the realization that we have to let this insight, in turn, alter humanity in a fundamental way. The facts are clear. Human activities are causing accelerating global warming, deforestation, a disastrous mass extinction of animals and plants, etcetera. But facts do not speak for themselves. Facts are, in fact, fragile. They need to be trusted to have any relevance. One way to resist the facts is to spread doubt about them in order to undermine public trust. As long as there has been knowledge production on the calamitous effects of Man’s actions in the Anthropocene, there have been campaigns to spread doubt on this knowledge. This doubt-mongering amounts to nothing else than Agnotology, the strategic production of ignorance. The only way to expose and overcome this devious resistance to the facts I will argue, is through the knowledge, judgement and critical interpretation skills developed through Bildung with the help of the concept of Agnotology.