How doyou engage in a socratic debate with someone ....?

Question

who doesnt demonstrate much philosophical communication?

alot of people communicate that way not knowing anything about socrates!

pretty much, my friend (stoner) has a great mind, but doesnt exercise it much. i know he has great thoughts.

Answer 1

yell at their face

Answer 2

Hey Mewoff,

It is not really a debate, but a method. This method may be applied during a debate. The following text is from the first web site, and the second website describes how to use the techniques for debate.

Socratic Method (or method of elenchos 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 and fountainhead for western ethics or moral philosophy.

It is a form of philosophical inquiry. It typically involves two speakers at any one time, with one leading the discussion and the other agreeing to certain assumptions put forward for her or his acceptance or rejection. The method is credited to Socrates, who began to engage in such discussion with his fellow Athenians after a visit to the Oracle of Delphi.

"A Socratic Dialogue can happen at any time between [two people] when they seek to answer a question [about something] answerable by their own effort of reflection and thinking [starting] from the concrete [asking] all sorts of questions [until] the details of the example are fleshed out [as] a kind of platform for reaching more general judgments"

Answer 3

If you have experienced the battles in life then you have a philosophical debate forum lined up. Every human lives with ideals, dreams, desires, hopes, fear, pain and what kind of life they have chosen for themselves as human beings. Conversation and communication lead to a socratic debate, which consists of two individual humans sharing their views, opinions and observations. Now find someone and communicate.

Answer 4

How would you engage in Socratic debate with someone?

I'm just kidding. That was an example of the Socratic technique. Basically what you do is ask leading questions that will show someone your point without you having to tell them.

Answer 5

Get them to question what they think they already know. As a very simple example, we think we know what "good" is, but if someone uses that in an argument, you could ask them what exactly they mean by that. Don't let them take anything for granted. We assume that we all have agreed upon certain terms, but the truth is that we each have our own subtle definitions. We can't really communicate unless we understand the terms we're using. Terms like good, nice, justice etc are really vague. This will get them thinking about their own concept of reality...or it should anyway.

Answer 6

Socrates taught by asking questions in an eductive mode--drawing the hidden knowledge from the other person. He didn't ask in order to debate.

Answer 7

Well you have to be really pompous like Plato/Socrates was. Then you have to find someone who will let you make them look stupid. They have to be slightly intelligent though so as to engage you intellectually.

I think that's just about all you need, besides something to debate about.

Answer 8

Simply talk to them. If the topic is philosophical they'll have no choice but to respond philosophically. Unless of course they hold no desire to speak of such things, in which case it'd probably be best to respect that and move on.

Answer 9

What Jeff said.

Basically the secret is to continue asking a series of leading questions that will get the person you are asking to prove your own point.

Answer 10

Mainly by asking. It is not a true dialog, but someone leading a conversation with questions with someone who does not know a lot about a subject.

Answer 11

think about it; did Scocrates only argue with people who knew his method? his method of inquiry (not debate) is perfect to use when the other person is not so philosophically minded.