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maieutic

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ma·ieu·tic  (m-ytk, m-) also ma·ieu·ti·cal (-t-kl)
adj.
Of or relating to the aspect of the Socratic method that induces a respondent to formulate latent concepts through a dialectic or logical sequence of questions.
[Greek maieutikos, from maieuesthai, to act as midwife, from maia, midwife, nurse; see m-2 in Indo-European roots.]
maieutic [meɪˈjuːtɪk], maieutical
adj
(Philosophy) Philosophy of or relating to the Socratic method of eliciting knowledge by a series of questions and answers
[from Greek maieutikos relating to midwifery (used figuratively by Socrates), from maia midwife]
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He portrays himself as the hidden ironist whose appointed maieutic task is to deliver the reader of the latent existential truths suppressed within their hidden interiority.
Kierkegaard as physician of the soul: on self-forgiveness and despair by Podmore, Simon D. / Journal of Psychology and Theology
These teaching models go beyond the received pedagogical strategies of maieutic conversation and lecture, and the strategies discussed are useful for teaching not only foreign languages but any subject.
Mosaic. The Journal for Language Teachers by Vizmuller-Zocco, Jana / Italica
At societal levels, time-binding (not necessarily conscious time-binding) is accelerated by the maieutic clash of ideas and exposure to new and unfamiliar ideas resulting from the interactions of immigrants from many cultures.
Practicing conscious time-binding by Dawes, Milton / ETC.: A Review of General Semantics
 
 
 
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