What is a Socratic dialogue? A Socratic dialogue (further ‘SD’) is the most popular form of the Socratic method. In this method, participants try to investigate in a more or less structured way the truth and the value of their opinions in attempting to respond to a self-chosen question. The material of the investigation is their own experience, either an experience here and now or a memorable event from the past. The conversation is meant to be a dialogue, rather than a formal debate or informal discussion The participants try to understand each other and engage in a common enterprise. This doesn’t necessarily mean that participants have to find a consensus about the answer to the question in order to have a successful dialogue. An awareness of the complexity of the investigation is often much more satisfactory than a constructed consensus. The attempt to think carefully, slowly and in depth distinguishes itself from other forms of conversation like debates, brainstorming sessions or creative thinking sessions. dialogism.org/socratic_dialogue_KvRossem.pdf
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