-as of [19 APRIL 2024]–
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“SOCRATIC MAIEUTICS*
(greek for ‘mid-wife’ (of ‘ideas’))
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[‘socratic questioning’ is ‘disciplined questioning’ that can be used to pursue ‘thought’ in many directions + for many purposes, including…]
*to explore complex ‘ideas’*
to get to ‘the truth’ of things*
*to open up ‘issues’ + ‘problems’*
*to uncover ‘assumptions’*
*to analyze ‘concepts’*
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*to distinguish what we ‘know’ from what we ‘don’t know’*
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*to follow out ‘logical implications’ of ‘thought’*
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*to control the discussion*
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(the key to distinguishing ‘socratic questioning’ from questioning per se is that ‘socratic questioning’ is…)
‘systematic’
‘disciplined’
‘deep’
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(and usually focuses on…)
‘fundamental concepts’
‘principles’
‘theories’
‘issues’
‘problems’
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(‘socratic questioning’ is referred to in ‘teaching’ + has gained currency as a concept in ‘education’, particularly in the past 2 decades)
(‘teachers’ + ‘students’ or anyone interested in ‘probing thinking at a deep level can construct “socratic questions” + engage in these questions)
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(“socratic questioning” and its variants has also been extensively used in “psycho-therapy”)
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*SKETCHES*
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