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This chapter applies the principles and insights of erotetic theory, especially those of erotetic strategy, to the analysis of teaching. We select for this purpose a teaching episode by the most famous of philosophical teachers. From among the many dialogues in which Plato immortalized his favorite teacher we pick the dialogue between Socrates and the slave boy for closer erotetic scrutiny. We shall use the translation of W.K.C. Guthrie (1956).
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MacMillan, C.J.B., Garrison, J.W. (1988). Socratic and Erotetic Teaching. In: A Logical Theory of Teaching. Philosophy and Education, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3067-4_7
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