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Socrates as a mentor?
- hugh3 15y agoWas the Socratic method ever a good idea? Doesn't it only work in contrived, scripted debates against an interlocutor who seems to spend most of his time saying "Yes surely Socrates that must be the case"?
- grantmoney 15y agoit's not an all or nothing practice. the socratic method is a quick method to give yourself some direction/meaning regarding an idea. if someone you meet says "my idea is a brand1 brand2 mashup", socratic method would lead to 3 or 4 questions and answers which would offer an accurate description of the idea. i don't know - blog posts like this one always assumes people are one dimensional.
- mickdarling 15y agoIt is great for talking through deductive reasoning with children. My 7 year old niece responds great to it. She has the base knowledge to think through the questions, and provide a possible answers. And, it is a lot of fun because she is clever enough to catch me and make me think through things more carefully. Now, her 5 year old sister still doesn't seem to have enough everyday background knowledge, and focus to respond as well to it yet.
- donnaware 15y agoPeople forget that Socrates was forced to drink poison ostensibly becuase he had not made many friends with his "method". So one might consider that. I think often times say "the Socratic Method" which is a method of aurgument when really, they mean to say "ask a lot of questions" but that does not sound as cool I guess.