Political Science · Western Political Thought
Who is considered to have used the dialectical method in his philosophical arguments?
APlato
BSocrates ✓ Correct
CAristotle
DHegel
Correct answer: (B) Socrates — Socrates is considered to have used the dialectical method in his arguments.
Explanation
★Socrates is considered to have used the dialectical method in his arguments.
★His method of question and answer is called the Socratic or dialectical method.
★He used it in his philosophical dialogues to test ideas.
★However, Socrates himself never wrote anything down.
★So Plato was the first to use the dialectical method in writing.
★Plato recorded the Socratic dialogues in written form.
★So the user of the dialectical method in argument is Socrates.
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