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Kindly Inquisitors The New Attacks On Free Thought

Book • 2014

In 'Kindly Inquisitors', Jonathan Rauch argues for the importance of liberal science and free speech in advancing knowledge and avoiding authoritarianism.

He critiques various methods of suppressing free thought, including fundamentalist, egalitarian, and humanitarian approaches.

The book emphasizes the need for open debate and criticism to refine knowledge and truth.

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Jonathan Rauch

as his first and maybe still most important book, inspired by the suppression of conversation through terrorism.

The Fight for Truth

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John Ward

as Rauch's book published in 1999, focusing on free thought.

My conversation with Jonathan Rauch about his new book "Cross Purposes"

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