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It is. It's just like Meno's slave. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menos_slave http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menos_slave
by jfarmer 15y ago
It is. It's just like Meno's slave.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menos_slave http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menos_slave
- jmilloy 15y agoThere are lots of question and answer situations -- not all of them are the Socratic Method. I prefer a narrow definition: the Method was largely "to elicit admissions, as from an opponent, tending to establish a proposition" [1] and, esp. regarding education, pertains more to the discovery of philosophic Truths. In Meno's slave, the point isn't to teach someone geometry but to prove that teaching is possible, i.e. that any uneducated person could follow logical arguments and learn; the philosophic truth at hand is learning. What is the philosophic truth at hand in this case? [1] http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/socratic+method http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/socratic+method