--- aliases: [] --- # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought # Socratic method #logic #rationality The cat is in the tree. What is a cat? What is a tree? sort of [[Dialectic]] >The matters that are suitable for treatment by the **Socratic method** are those as to which we have already enough [[Philosophy/Epistemology/Knowledge|knowledge]] to come to a right conclusion, but have failed, through confusion of thought or lack of analysis, to make the best [[Logic|logical]] use of what we know. ~[[Bertrand Russell]] Socratic method is [[Philosophy/Rationality/Models/Exploration vs exploitation|exploitation]] of acquired [[Philosophy/Epistemology/Knowledge|Knowledge]]. The problem with the **Socratic method** is that it tends to lead to infinite recursion. The [[Godel Theorem]] shows that you cannot know anything with 100% confidence. # To consume