Freethought | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-03-26

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00:01:45 1 Definition
00:06:23 2 Characteristics
00:07:33 3 Symbol
00:09:20 4 History
00:09:29 4.1 Pre-modern movement
00:11:22 4.2 Modern movements
00:11:45 4.2.1 England
00:12:41 4.2.2 France
00:14:10 4.2.3 Germany
00:17:12 4.2.4 Belgium
00:17:36 4.2.5 Netherlands
00:18:53 4.2.6 Switzerland
00:19:26 4.2.7 United States
00:25:07 4.2.8 Canada
00:27:08 4.2.9 Anarchism
00:30:44 5 See also
00:30:54 6 Notes and references
00:31:03 7 Further reading
00:32:53 8 External links



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"I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think."
- Socrates


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Freethought (or "free thought") is a philosophical viewpoint which holds that positions regarding truth should be formed on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism, rather than authority, tradition, revelation, or dogma. According to the Oxford English Dictionary , a freethinker is 'a person who forms their own ideas and opinions rather than accepting those of other people, especially in religious teaching.' In some contemporary thought in particular, freethought is strongly tied with rejection of traditional social or religious belief systems. The cognitive application of freethought is known as "freethinking", and practitioners of freethought are known as "freethinkers".  Modern freethinkers consider freethought as a natural freedom of all negative and illusive thoughts acquired from the society.The term first came into use in the 17th century in order to indicate people who inquired into the basis of traditional religious beliefs. In practice, freethinking is most closely linked with secularism, atheism, agnosticism, anti-clericalism, and religious critique. The Oxford English Dictionary defines freethinking as, "The free exercise of reason in matters of religious belief, unrestrained by deference to authority; the adoption of the principles of a free-thinker." Freethinkers hold that knowledge should be grounded in facts, scientific inquiry, and logic. The skeptical application of science implies freedom from the intellectually limiting effects of confirmation bias, cognitive bias, conventional wisdom, popular culture, prejudice, or sectarianism.