The Socratic method (also known as method of elenchus,
elenctic method, Socratic irony, or Socratic debate), named after the classical
Kaynak: Socratic methodSocrates's
elenctic examination was resented by influential figures of his day, whose reputations for wisdom and virtue were debunked by
Kaynak: Trial of SocratesIn Plato's early dialogues, Socrates uses the
elenctic method to investigate the nature or definition of ethical concepts such as justice
Kaynak: Law of noncontradictionSocrates then, through
elenctic testing, shows his interlocutor that his answer is unsatisfactory. After a number of such failed attempts
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