Socratic method


noun
  1. the use of questions, as employed by Socrates, to develop a latent idea, as in the mind of a pupil, or to elicit admissions, as from an opponent, tending to establish a proposition.

Origin of Socratic method

1
First recorded in 1735–45

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Socratic method

noun
  1. philosophy the method of instruction by question and answer used by Socrates in order to elicit from his pupils truths he considered to be implicitly known by all rational beings: Compare maieutic

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