noun
maieutics; Socratic midwifery
A philosophical term referring to the Socratic method of eliciting knowledge through questioning, likened to midwifery. Rare outside academic contexts.
ソクラテスの産婆術は、対話を通じて相手の内なる知識を引き出す方法だ。
Socratic maieutics is a method of drawing out the interlocutor's inner knowledge through dialogue.
From 産婆 (midwife) + 術 (art, technique). The term is a direct translation of the Greek 'maieutikē', used in philosophy to describe Socrates' method.