Socratic

Example Sentences

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Recently, I took Gemini on a long walk with me, during which we had a Socratic dialogue about the history of the Byzantine Empire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

I was scared about whether, even with my hearing aids, I would be able to keep up with the quick-fire exchanges that fill my classroom as I engage law students in the Socratic method.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2024

For example, GPT-4 can assume a Socratic style of conversation and respond to questions with questions.

From Reuters • Mar. 15, 2023

He was chairman of Socratic Arts, a company he founded, of which Dr. Bareiss is a senior vice president, that has developed learn-by-doing online courses used by many companies for worker training.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2023

Many of the professors used the Socratic method—direct, repetitive, and adversarial questioning—which had the incidental effect of humiliating unprepared students.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson