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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Socratic  \So*crat"ic\,  Socratical  \So*crat"ic*al\,  a.  [L. 
  Socraticus  Gr  ????.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  Socrates,  the  Grecian  sage  and  teacher. 
  (b.  c.  469-399),  or  to  his  manner  of  teaching  and 
  philosophizing. 
 
  Note:  The  Socratic  method  of  reasoning  and  instruction  was  by 
  a  series  of  questions  leading  the  one  to  whom  they  were 
  addressed  to  perceive  and  admit  what  was  true  or  false 
  in  doctrine,  or  right  or  wrong  in  conduct. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Socratic 
  adj  :  of  or  relating  to  Socrates  or  to  his  method  of  teaching; 
  "Socratic  teaching"  [syn:  {Socratic}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  SOCRATIC 
 
  An  early  interactive  learning  system  (not  a  language(?)) 
  developed  at  {Bolt,  Beranek  &  Newman}. 
 
  [Sammet  1969,  p.  702]. 
 
  (1994-11-04) 
 
 




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