Van Fleet says he enjoyed his Socratic method law school courses. "It is like a game, because you're getting a chance to practice a skill so that, when the day comes that somebody's life depends ...

Review of Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life. By Agnes Callard. W.W. Norton & Company. 405 pp. $35. Many know that Socrates declared that “the unexamined life is not worth living ...

Socrates' method could lead to anger and resentment, which is why the Athenians put him to death. The Death of Socrates, by Jacques-Louis David (1787). Source: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain.

To every received truth there are exceptions. For example, it is often said that you can’t judge a book by its cover. But in the case of “The Socratic Method,” you can. Written by Ward ...

"The Socratic method comes from the Greek philosopher Socrates," Lance J. Robinson, a criminal defense attorney and trial lawyer in New Orleans, wrote in an email.

The Socratic method of leadership is based on the questioning techniques used by Socrates 2500 years ago to instruct by questioning, making his students examine their knowledge base and beliefs.

Socratic teaching needs to be supplemented by experiential pedagogies, including simulations, role-plays, small-group brainstorming, the problem method and live-client clinical legal education.

Rather than making points, the Socratic method concentrates on asking questions to help both parties think about the situation rather than just verbalize their (often exaggerated) feelings ...

When CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch's employees struggle to make a decision, she asks them some variation of one simple question: ...