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    Questions For A Socratic Dialogue

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    The document provides a list of questions that can be used to structure a Socratic dialogue. The questions are grouped into categories including questions of clarification, questions that probe purpose, assumptions, information, reasons, evidence and causes, viewpoints or perspectives, implications and consequences, concepts, inferences and interpretations. The questions are meant to further understanding, uncover assumptions, analyze reasoning and perspectives, and evaluate implications through respectful discussion.

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    The document provides a list of questions that can be used to structure a Socratic dialogue. The questions are grouped into categories including questions of clarification, questions that probe purpose, assumptions, information, reasons, evidence and causes, viewpoints or perspectives, implications and consequences, concepts, inferences and interpretations. The questions are meant to further understanding, uncover assumptions, analyze reasoning and perspectives, and evaluate implications through respectful discussion.

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    The document provides a list of questions that can be used to structure a Socratic dialogue. The questions are grouped into categories including questions of clarification, questions that probe purpose, assumptions, information, reasons, evidence and causes, viewpoints or perspectives, implications and consequences, concepts, inferences and interpretations. The questions are meant to further understanding, uncover assumptions, analyze reasoning and perspectives, and evaluate implications through respectful discussion.

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    The document provides a list of questions that can be used to structure a Socratic dialogue. The questions are grouped into categories including questions of clarification, questions that probe purpose, assumptions, information, reasons, evidence and causes, viewpoints or perspectives, implications and consequences, concepts, inferences and interpretations. The questions are meant to further understanding, uncover assumptions, analyze reasoning and perspectives, and evaluate implications through respectful discussion.

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    The document outlines different types of questions that can be used in a Socratic dialogue to further understanding through respectful questioning.

    Some common types of questions discussed are those that probe clarification, assumptions, reasons, evidence, viewpoints, implications and the question itself.

    Questions are discussed that can probe purposes, information, assumptions, implications and consequences, concepts and different perspectives.

    Questions for a Socratic Dialogue

    Questions of Clarification
    • What do you mean by _____?
    • What is your main point _____?
    • How does _____relate to _____?
    • Could you put that another way?
    • What do you think is the main issue here?
    • Is your basic point _____ or _____?
    • Could you give me an example?
    • Would this be an example: _____?
    • Could you explain that further?
    • Would you say more about that?
    • Why do you say that?
    • Let me see if I understand you; do you mean _____ or _____?
    • How does this relate to our discussion/problem/issue?
    • What do you think John meant by his remark? What did you take John to mean?
    • Jane, would you summarize in your own words what Richard has said? Richard, is that what
    you meant?

    Questions That Probe Purpose


    • What is the purpose of _____?
    • What was your purpose when you said _____?
    • How do the purposes of these two people vary?
    • How do the purposes of these two groups vary?
    • What is the purpose of the main character in this story?
    • How did the purpose of this character change during the story?
    • Was this purpose justifiable?
    • What is the purpose of addressing this question at this time?
    Questions That Probe Assumptions
    • What are you assuming?
    • What is Karen assuming?
    • What could we assume instead?
    • You seem to be assuming _____. Do I understand you correctly?
    • All of your reasoning depends on the idea that _____. Why have you based your reasoning
    on _____ rather than _____?
    • You seem to be assuming _____. How would you justify taking this for granted?
    • Is it always the case? Why do you think the assumption holds here?

    Questions That Probe Information, Reasons, Evidence, and


    Causes
    • What would be an example?
    • How do you know?
    • What are your reasons for saying that?
    • Why did you say that?
    • What other information do we need to know before we can address this question?
    • Why do you think that is true?
    • Could you explain your reasons to us?
    • What led you to that belief?
    • Is this good evidence for believing that?
    • Do you have any evidence to support your assertion?
    • Are those reasons adequate?
    • How does that information apply to this case?
    • Is there reason to doubt that evidence?
    • What difference does that make?
    • Who is in a position to know if that is the case?
    • What would convince you otherwise?
    • What would you say to someone who said _____?
    • What accounts for _____?
    • What do you think is the cause?
    • How did this come about?
    • By what reasoning did you come to that conclusion?
    • How could we go about finding out whether that is true?
    • Can someone else give evidence to support that response?
    Questions about Viewpoints or Perspectives
    • You seem to be approaching this issue from _____ perspective. Why have you chosen this
    perspective rather than that perspective?
    • How would other groups or types of people respond? Why? What would influence them?
    • How could you answer the objection that _____ would make?
    • Can/did anyone see this another way?
    • What would someone who disagrees say?
    • What is an alternative?
    • How are Ken’s and Roxanne’s ideas alike? Different?

    Questions That Probe Implications and Consequences


    • What are you implying by that?
    • When you say _____, are you implying _____?
    • But if that happened, what else would also happen as a result? Why?
    • What effect would that have?
    • Would that necessarily happen or only probably happen?
    • What is an alternative?
    • If this and this are the case, then what else must be true?

    Questions about the Question


    • How can we find out?
    • Is this the same issue as _____?
    • How could someone settle this question?
    • Can we break this question down at all?
    • Is the question clear? Do we understand it?
    • How would _____ put the issue?
    • Is this question easy or difficult to answer? Why?
    • What does this question assume?
    • Would _____ put the question differently?
    • Why is this question important?
    • Does this question ask us to evaluate something?
    • Do we need facts to answer this?
    • Do we all agree that this is the question?
    • To answer this question, what other questions would we have to answer first?
    • I’m not sure I understand how you are interpreting the main question at issue. Could you
    explain your interpretation?
    Questions That Probe Concepts
    • What is the main idea we are dealing with?
    • Why/how is this idea important?
    • Do these two ideas conflict? If so, how?
    • What was the main idea guiding the thinking of the character in this story?
    • How is this idea guiding our thinking as we try to reason through this issue? Is this idea
    causing us problems?
    • What main theories do we need to consider in figuring out _____?
    • Are you using this term “_____” in keeping with educated usage?
    • Which main distinctions should we draw in reasoning through this problem?
    • Which idea is this author using in her or his thinking? Is there a problem with it?

    Questions That Probe Inferences and Interpretations


    • Which conclusions are we coming to about _____?
    • On what information are we basing this conclusion?
    • Is there a more logical inference we might make in this situation?
    • How are you interpreting her behavior? Is there another possible interpretation?
    • What do you think of _____?
    • How did you reach that conclusion?
    • Given all the facts, what is the best possible conclusion?
    • How shall we interpret these data?

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