philosophical dialogue
Socratic conversational method
A philosophical dialogue is a written work presenting ideas through conversation between characters, a form pioneered by Plato and used by thinkers from Cicero to Hume.
The format allows competing viewpoints to clash and develop organically: The dialogue form lets her explore objections without committing to a single position.
Distinguished from mere conversation by its structured examination of abstract questions.
- Socratic methodTeaching by strategic questioning
- PlatoGreek philosopher, academy founder
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- dialecticLogical argument through opposition
- back and forthRepeated alternating movement
Aristotle · Hegel · epistemology · thought experiment · first principles · pedagogy · Heidegger · Confucius · debate · symposium · phenomenology · open question · devil's advocate · Descartes · ethics · moral education · aesthetics · Nietzsche
philosophical dialoguesmall talk
Polite trivial conversation
idle chatter · gossip · chitchat · banter · pleasantries
philosophical dialoguecatechism
Religious teaching guide
indoctrination · dogma · propaganda · party line · dictum
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