Socratic method

The Socratic Method (or Method of Elenchus or Socratic Debate), is named after the Greek philosopher Socrates. It is a form of philosophical questioning.

The central technique of the Socratic method is called an elenchus.[1] It means argument to disprove or refute (prove wrong).[2]

  1. Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition; Oxford English Dictionary.
  2. Liddell, Scott and Jones, Greek-English Lexicon, 9th edition.

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