The Socratic Method, named after the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates, offers a transformative approach to conversation and ...

The Socratic method remains popular in education and has also been adapted for psychotherapy. But what are its pitfalls and how can they be mitigated?

Key points In a new book, Agnes Callard shows how the Socratic Method can be used to examine fundamental life issues. Socrates claimed that the object of a total, unconditional acceptance of love ...

The confrontational conversational style of Socrates can put people on the defensive and leave them feeling resentful. Motivational interviewing is a welcome alternative.

The Socratic method begins with a negative revelation: the insight that we cannot acquire wisdom from books in the same way that we acquire onions from a greengrocer.