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  • answers can be taught separate from question
  • Hence every declarative statement in the textbook is an answer to a question. Hence, every textbook could be rewritten in the interrogative mode by translating every statement into a question.
  • thinking is not driven by answers but by questions
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  • Questions define tasks, express problems and delineate issues. Answers on the other hand, often signal a full stop in thought.
  • Moreover, the quality of the questions students ask determines the quality of the thinking they are doing.
  • That is, we ask questions only to get thought-stopping answers, not to generate further questions.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 15 Jan 15
       
      Another good reason to teach philosophy.
  • force us to deal with complexity.
  • Questions of implication force us to follow out where our thinking is going
  • purpose force
  • nformatio
  • nterpretation
  • Questions of assumption
  • point of view
  • relevance
  • ccuracy
  • precision
  • consistency
  • No questions equals no understanding.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 15 Jan 15
       
      Do you agree with this statement?
  • There is a special relationship between critical thinking and Socratic Questioning because both share a common end. Critical thinking gives one a comprehensive view of how the mind functions (in its pursuit of meaning and truth), and Socratic Questioning takes advantage of that overview to frame questions essential to the quality of that pursuit.
  • pre-thinking the main question to be discussed using the approach of developing prior question
  • list of questions which probe the logic of the first question,
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