The Socratic Method - Philosophy - Socrates - Debate - Dialectic

[@jeffreycarman2185]

I’ll never forget an experience I had where someone reveiled not only their ignorance but their inability to recognize their ignorance. I had recently graduated with a degree in chemistry and was working the night shift at a nursing home. One of my coworkers who was a much younger person who had graduated high school a few years prior and was just taking up post-secondary education (in studying to be a licensed practical nurse, a one-year nursing degree with limited scope of practice). Because most of the nursing home residents sleep most of the night, there were often stretches of time where we would sit and chat. Over the course of conversation something about quantum mechanics came to my mind. I was a chemistry major but I was not particularly gifted at understanding complex physics or calculus, so most of the deep chemistry was fascinating to me and I knew enough about to marvel at the complexity, without pretending to understand it, or but I did fully know enough to really understand my ignorance. I brought up the concept and the person studying to be an LPN, acted as if it were common knowledge that was easily understood. What really struck me then, and what I continue to remember to this day, over ten years later, is how unable that person was to see how little knowledge or understanding that person had of the topic, and how incurious that person was about even coming to a extremely basic understanding of what I brought up.

[@patrickskramstad1485]

We need to teach this method in school everywhere.

[@juno6526]

We somewhat get that with the scientific method

[@themadmanescaped1]

​@@juno6526 sort of but not entirely. Science doesn't teach debate tactics.

[@thinginground5179]

@@themadmanescaped1 Science always encourages reasoning. Reason is the basis of science. "Debate tactics" are merely an additive to a discussion.

[@Froge4291]

But why do we need to teach this method in schools?

[@patrickskramstad1485]

Truth is more and more difficult to find. And it's an awesome 😎 practice.

[@aron960]

The awareness of our ignorance makes us wiser then those who be ignorant and claim knowledge

[@giaswoope109]

Great teaching and very informative video.

[@PhilosophyMT]

Thank you!

[@LearningPortal29]

This method helps us to think beyond our capability. It bring out our magical thoughts that we think we can't think about it.

[@dcad6934]

What?

[@thebigten90]

Similarly to what I read in the book by Stephen covey “7 habits of high effective people.” What we think we know is seen through our perspective. When we see the perspective from someone else we have a paradigm shift or what we call an ‘aha' moment

[@PhilosophyMT]

That’s interesting, thanks for sharing! In a similar vein to what you said, according to Nietzsche, different perspectives offer unique insights, and there are no inherently superior or inferior viewpoints. He challenged the notion of one fixed truth and encouraged individuals to explore various perspectives to gain a more comprehensive understanding of reality.

[@engmohamedoman]

I am a teacher and once I was being observed. The feedback came : well done for using the socratic method which was the first time I heard of it 😂 ...our ignorance awareness makes us wiser indeed.😊

[@PhilosophyMT]

Thanks for sharing!

[@vitorfaster3577]

This vídeo is too much underrated !

[@PhilosophyMT]

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[@BlacksmithTWD]

underwatched would be more like it. 77 thumbs up vs 2 thumbs down is a great rating, and the ones who made the thumb down vote may likely not have understood or just have misclicked.

[@tenshii7462]

I dont get it can someone explain more 😢

[@fwwryh7862]

Needs more music.

[@raymondtonns2521]

why is this so utterly the opposite of what is "taught " in big city public schools on the US?

[@shynickel8239]

The church and the state require its minions to be ignorant. Least they lose their power and wealth.

[@andrewwlt5330]

Fascinating method & nice to know you. 👍

[@PhilosophyMT]

Truly fascinating! In fact, there are examples of the method right up to the 20th century

[@andrewwlt5330]

I love to learn Socrates lessons & to learn music (Chinese guzheng) You can see my channel

[@PhilosophyMT]

Will surely visit your channel! We have other videos on Socrates and Plato that you would like :)

[@andrewwlt5330]

Appreciated

[@aselkiesdream]

Very well put :)

[@collegegrads]

I think this is highly recommended method but loses substance only when it’s abuse by the narcissist and intentional naysayers

[@shynickel8239]

Then they are not applying it properly

[@collegegrads]

@ who they professor 👨‍🏫

[@SuccessMindset2180]

Socratic method is about continuous growth

[@winniewang3846]

Amazing amazing amazing!!!

[@patrickskramstad1485]

0:21

[@arsonexc]

Being taught the meme voice is oddly making more invested than I would be normally

[@PhilosophyMT]

Charming, innit? 😂

[@daddada2984]

Nice

[@rev.stephena.cakouros948]

"These philosophers could not influence their own neighborhood, but this one man Jesus filled the world with men that loved righteousness and did not fear death." [Athanasius]

[@PhilosophyMT]

Thanks for sharing

[@ひろゆき二十一]

If thus you say that philosophers could not influence their own neighborhood, then what does the countless fields of knowledge like psychology and law (ex. Socratic dialogue) teach us about philosophy changing the world?

[@MichaelRay380]

The effects of Christianity and western philosophy on western culture are highly interlinked and nearly impossible to separate from each other.

[@paolo-n2000]

I'm surprised youtube hasn't "banned" this video yet????

[@PhilosophyMT]

Well let’s hope it stays that way! 😅

[@thinginground5179]

ok..but why

[@PhilosophyMT]

Why what? 🤔

[@thinginground5179]

@@PhilosophyMT why

[@PhilosophyMT]

🤷🏻‍♂️

[@aki32300]

@@thinginground5179 are we suffering

[@aki32300]

Oops, wrong philosopher.

[@pranshudjain]

Would this video have much traffic if the video was made with a little simple words? Less verbose?

[@PhilosophyMT]

Thanks for your comment! Will take it into consideration for the next video

[@BlacksmithTWD]

Perhaps, but that would probably make the video longer. Jargon is used for a reason, it saves a lot of time among experts. I don't consider these to be too verbose, especially not comparing the the videos about philosophy I usually watcht, but it might be an idea to do these video's in duplo: a short verbose video like this, and a longer one conveying the same message using simpler words. Not sure if PhilosphyMT is up for that as it would mean doing at least double the work, though it would also about triple the amount of footage.

[@AyamTitilopeElizabeth]

🎉 beautiful

[@pegibakri1704]

🔥🔥

[@eg3961]

sup with AI audio trying to teach everything these days?

[@mintusaren895]

Butter use karta nahi.butyer fly.dekh to hoon , sorry not my word

[@KnightmareUSA]

sounds like the AI method

[@ibu_marissa_haque]

Masya Allah

[@nmain543]

phenominal!!!!!!!!

[@latenightlogic]

I despise that voiceover.

[@PhilosophyMT]

I hope to be able to replace it when and if KZbin eventually allows me to have multiple audio tracks

[@johnalbert5786]

Socratic method is opposite of “woke” …… therefore a good thing.

[@latenightlogic]

A really dumb comment.

[@matthewstringer7604]

Jesus is the truth the life and the way

[@shynickel8239]

Lol,wow,missed it by a mile.

[@JulieTiger]

I think you mean Physics; all hail!