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Get the Socrates mug.Using Socratic-style questioning in bad faith to force an opponent onto permanent defense. Involves nitpicking definitions, edge cases, and hypotheticals until hesitation or nuance is made to look like confusion, stupidity, or defeat. Commonly used in online debates.
He didn’t win; he used adversarial Socraticism to trap the other person in definition hell while ignoring the larger argument.
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NOUN
a person who responds to every question with another question, often to elude.
a person who frequently uses the Socratic method, often in a elusive or annoying or excessive manner.
NOUN
a person who responds to every question with another question, often to elude.
a person who frequently uses the Socratic method, often in a elusive or annoying or excessive manner.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵—𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸.
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵—𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸.
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