Keeping things vague for a purpose and being unclear about what to say are two different things.

More than 2,000 years ago, the philosopher Socrates wandered around Athens asking questions, an approach to finding truth that thinkers have venerated ever since. In modern times, the Socratic method ...

U niversities should teach students to “die” intellectually, questioning their beliefs and ideas in Socratic dialogues, ...

When we talk about education, and about tutoring in particular, we often speak of the Socratic method. Often what we mean when we refer to that method is simply something like a question-and-answer ...

David B. Wilkins is the Lester Kissel professor of law and vice dean for global initiatives on the legal profession at Harvard Law School. Updated December 15, 2011, 7:08 PM Of all the important ...

Dialogue has always been at the core of human culture and understanding. Across ages and societies, it’s been around campfires, at dinner tables, or in the roundtable discussions of philosophers and ...