The Socratic method, also can be known as maieutics, method of elenchus, elenctic method, or Socratic debate, is a form of cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to draw out ideas and underlying presumptions. It is a dialectical method, involving a discussion in which the defense of one point of view is questioned; one participant may lead another to contradict themselves in some way, thus weakening the defender 's point. This method is named after the Classical Greek philosopher Socrates and is introduced by him in Plato 's Theaetetus as midwifery (maieutics) because it is employed to bring out definitions implicit in the interlocutors ' beliefs, or to help them further their understanding.
a way in which the differences between groups might stimulate new interpretations is
The Socratic method