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Test The socratic method for the search for truth
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QUESTION 1: What is the Socratic method?
A philosophical treatise
An approach to the search for truth based on dialogue and constant questioning
A debate to win arguments
A way to impose ideas
QUESTION 2: How did Socrates begin the process of questioning and refutation?
Asking about the opinions of others
Ignoring the interlocutor
Affirming your own truth
Asking for the definition of an abstract concept
QUESTION 3: What was the purpose of Socrates' questions when examining a definition?
Reveal its contradictions or limitations
Confirm its validity
Divert the conversation
Imposing one's own opinion
QUESTION 4: What did Socrates' questioning process often lead to if not a definitive answer?
A final and definitive answer
A conflict without solution
An immediate agreement
A state of perplexity called aporia, where the interlocutor realized his ignorance
QUESTION 5: What did Socrates consider the true beginning of wisdom?
The accumulation of knowledge
The recognition of one's own ignorance
The imposition of ideas
Avoiding questions
QUESTION 6: What is the spirit of the Socratic method in modern critical thinking?
Accept ideas passively
Do not accept ideas passively, but question them and examine their foundations
Seek to win arguments
Avoid dialogue
QUESTION 7: What does the Socratic method encourage us to do with our ideas?
Accept them without question
Question them, examine their foundations, look for their contradictions and be open to refining your understanding
Ignore them
Reject them without analysis
QUESTION 8: What is the Socratic method in relation to scientific and philosophical progress?
An obstacle
The engine of scientific and philosophical progress
An obsolete method
A form of stagnation
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