>>11130251Both act together. The socratic method takes the form of dialogue and deal with how we process information and abstraction. It's useful for the interpretation of data. From the wikipedia
>it is employed to bring out definitions implicit in the interlocutors' beliefs, or to help them further their understanding.>The Socratic method is a method of hypothesis elimination, in that better hypotheses are found by steadily identifying and eliminating those that lead to contradictions.