mchulet Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Let's start a new thread to discuss about freethought/freethinking For those who are not familiar or are not aware what freethought and freethinking is about, here's a concise explanation from wikipedia: Freethought is a philosophical viewpoint that holds opinions should be formed on the basis of logic and reason and not authority, tradition, or other dogmas. The cognitive application of freethought is known as "freethinking," and practitioners of freethought are known as "freethinkers." Quote Link to comment
hert Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 philosophy is philosophy Quote Link to comment
maxiev Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Free thought is based on human logic and reason as defined in Wikipedia. Human logic is based on the rational use of the human mind. Yet the human mind is capable of irrational acts as evidenced by recent tragedies in the US and other parts of the world including the Philippines. The human mind is NOT infallible. In fact it is constantly under attack by disease, vices, brain washing by media, brain washing by governments, brain washing by flawed literature, flawed reasoning, etc. Nature can be interpreted in as many ways as there are people. There are as many "truths" as there are human opinions. Even scientists themselves are sometimes at odds with one another. Their theories may not always be in accord with one another. So free thought has a lot of pitfalls. Any of which can distort the truth. Quote Link to comment
friendly0603 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 what's the truth? Quote Link to comment
sonnyt111 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 what's the truth? That's the question everyone is asking. The truth is truly elusive. There are lies, half truths, and efforts to re-write or embelish history. We may never completely discover the truth. 2 Quote Link to comment
Julianda Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Free thought is based on human logic and reason as defined in Wikipedia. Human logic is based on the rational use of the human mind. Yet the human mind is capable of irrational acts as evidenced by recent tragedies in the US and other parts of the world including the Philippines. The human mind is NOT infallible. In fact it is constantly under attack by disease, vices, brain washing by media, brain washing by governments, brain washing by flawed literature, flawed reasoning, etc. Nature can be interpreted in as many ways as there are people. There are as many "truths" as there are human opinions. Even scientists themselves are sometimes at odds with one another. Their theories may not always be in accord with one another. So free thought has a lot of pitfalls. Any of which can distort the truth. Having said that, things are likely to be taken into consideration by broad-minded ones. One's belief can't be defeated by just any scientific methods for that matter. Like for instance believing that "there's life after death", then, this could be meant of anyone's belief and can't be intervened by any scientist. But if anyone in authority like the PAG-ASA, the weather forecaster, things are otherwise. Things are to be based on facts/science. But in politics, undoubtedly, free-thoughts can be prevailing where almost everything is being fabricated and almost everyone is being deceived. Quote Link to comment
<Prince> Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 The Truth will set us free what's the truth? Quote Link to comment
bonanas Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 If it's based on logic and reason then may boundaries pa din. Di sya free. Quote Link to comment
flatwall Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Truth is the conformity with realityUse the Bible as the guide and reference in life. Quote Link to comment
moodboom Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Truth is the conformity with realityUse the Bible as the guide and reference in life.how do you use the bible? is there a manual on how to properly interpret its texts, metaphors? which verse is applicable for such situation? Quote Link to comment
GandalfTheGrey Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 The bible is a plagiarized collection of stories used to make a religion... Quote Link to comment
shmurt Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 is atheism under freethinking? Quote Link to comment
YoniMaster Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 is atheism under freethinking?nope, i think the idea of freethinking is to form your own rather than being told how to think. atheism isn't necessarily under freethinking but is a result of. Quote Link to comment
Julianda Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 is atheism under freethinking?Do your own research instead of asking other people to feed you an answer. Then and only then you can formulate your own rather than copying or plagiarizing others’ thoughts and ideas. Quote Link to comment
spamlover Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Freethought is a philosophical viewpoint that holds opinions should be formed on the basis of logic and reason and not authority, tradition, or other dogmas. This hinges on several postulates.... (1) "logic" and "reason" as above described is void of "authority" "tradition" or "other dogmas" and that (2) these "authority" "tradition" or "other dogmas" are illogical and unreasonable. Both of which are problematic from a... ironically... "logical" point of view. Point being... freethought is no more free than the noun "thought" neither is "freethinking" different in truth to thinking. Quote Link to comment
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