(Greek, maieutikos, one who acts as a midwife) The maieutic method is that of eliciting ideas by questioning; the image is that the ideas are already there in the pregnant subject's mind, but require midwifery to be made manifest.
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(Greek, maieutikos, one who acts as a midwife) The maieutic method is that of eliciting ideas by questioning; the image is that the ideas are already there in the pregnant subject's mind, but require midwifery to be made manifest.
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