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Socratic method

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maieutic methodnouna method of teaching by question and answer; used by socrates to elicit truths from his students
socraticismnounSocratic philosophy.
socratismnounThe philosophy or method of Socrates.
erotematic methodnounSynonym of Socratic method.
philosophical methodnounA method used by philosophers involving such elements as skepticism and methodic doubt, argumentation, and presentation of arguments for criticism by other philosophers.
inquiry-based learningnoun(education) An active educational approach where learning begins by posing questions or scenarios.
catecheticsnounReligious teaching, especially that given to children before confirmation.
pedagogynounThe activities of educating, teaching or instructing.
sophismnoun(countable) A flawed argument, superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive.
sophisticismnounThe philosophy or the methods of the sophists.
dialecticsnoun(philosophy, uncountable) A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing views or ideas.
scientific methodologynounA systematic way of finding the answer to a question about the observable world.
autodidacticismnounself-education; self-directed learning.
skepticismnoun(philosophy) A studied attitude of questioning and doubt.
mystorynoun(philosophy) A pedagogical genre encouraging the exploration of history as an open-minded individual rather than an analytical historian following institutional norms.
problematologynoun(philosophy) A form of philosophy based upon the questioning of questioning, to derive a new foundational principle of thought and a new conception of logical difference.
pedagoguerynounpedantic teaching or lecturing; didacticism
sophianismnoun(Christianity) sophiology
sophocracynoun(philosophy) Political rule by philosophers.
suggestopedianounA teaching method, mainly for foreign languages, that uses songs and games and focuses more on experimenting with the language than on formal acquisition of its rules.

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