Re: Alternatives to the Socratic Method

2019-06-10 Thread Russ Allbery
"Chris Lamb" writes: > To elucidate, it was my understanding that the Socratic Method — at > least as the term is used today — refers to one interlocutor asking a > series of unfolding questions with the aim of leading another to reach a > particular point of view. I think the thing that most of

Re: Alternatives to the Socratic Method

2019-06-10 Thread Chris Lamb
Hi Sam, > Chris> Personally, I have been over-indulgent in using such "devil's > Chris> advocate" positions in the past but after some feedback I > Chris> realised that it did not have the intellectually stimulating > Chris> quality I was hoping for […] > > I'd be really intereste

Alternatives to the Socratic Method

2019-06-10 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Chris" == Chris Lamb writes: Chris> Personally, I have been over-indulgent in using such "devil's Chris> advocate" positions in the past, but after some feedback I Chris> realised that it did not have the intellectually stimulating Chris> quality I was hoping for and merely