Elenchus redirects here. For the brachiopodgenus, see Elenchus (brachiopod). Socratic Method (or Method of Elenchus or Socratic Debate) is a dialectic method of inquiry, largely applied to the examination of key moral concepts and first described by Plato in the Socratic Dialogues. For this, Socrates is customarily regarded as the father of Western ethics or moral philosophy.
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Noun 1. a method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students (synonym) maieutic method (hypernym) teaching method, pedagogics, pedagogy