“can We Put Into Words What A Socratic Dialogue Really Is?”: Dieter Krohn and Jos Kessels in Dialogue on the Meaning of Socratic Dialogue
Abstract
In their dialogue Dieter Krohn and Jos Kessels discuss the question of an appropriate understanding of what comprises a Socratic dialogue. What does truth mean? What would be an insight? What is the connection between written and spoken language, on the one hand, and the process of gaining insights, on the other? These questions form the core of the discussion