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View synonyms for Socratic method
Socratic method
noun
- 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.
Socratic method
noun
- 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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Origin of Socratic method1
First recorded in 1735–45
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