“I was just hoping you might give some insight into the evolution…of the market economy in the southern colonies. My contention is that prior to the Revolutionary War, the economic modalities…especially in the southern colonies… could most be aptly characterized as…agrarian precapitalist.”
“Let me tell you something. Of course that’s your contention. You are a first year-grad student. You just got finished reading some Marxian historian, Pete Garrison probably. You are gonna be convinced of that till next month when you get to James Lemon. Then you are gonna be talking about how the economies of Virginia and Pennsylvania…were entrepreneurial and capitalist way back in 1740. That’s gonna last until next year. You’re gonna be in here regurgitating Gordon Wood, talking about, you know, the prerevolutionary utopia and the capital-forming effects of military mobilization.”
“Well, as a matter of fact I won’t, because Wood drastically underestimates the impacts of…”
“Wood drastically underestimates the impact of social distinctions…predicated upon wealth…especially inherited wealth. You got that from Vickers’ Work in Essex County. Page 98, right? I read that too. Were you gonna plagiarize the whole thing for us? Do you have any thoughts of your own on this matter? Or is that your thing? You come into a bar. You read some obscure passage. Then pretend-pawn it off as your own. As your own idea just to impress some girls? Embarrass my friend?”
This is a conversation between Will and the man in the bar. Will interrupted in the confrontation between his friend and the man. He got irritated because the man acted like a genius or smart person. The man was in surprised and quiet shy because Will was able to know and explain everything. Will underestimated the man because he knew that the man was just pretending that he knew everything but actually does not know everything at all. Will continue explaining and clearing everything what he knows. The man did not anymore insist or say something but rather decided to go away. The man was not able anymore to explain or discuss to Will. Will was able to uncover the mindset or way of thinking of the man through his logical and intelligent or brilliant approach.
“The Socratic Method is a form of philosophical inquiry in which the questioner explores the implications of others' positions, to stimulate rational thinking and illuminate ideas.” The aim of this dialectical method is making your opponent believes that he knows something about something. It shows that your opponent is very intelligent and has mastery on what he knows about. You ask questions in relation to what your opponent know about. By this, you uncover that something which your opponent thought he already understood or knew everything about that something but actually what he thought and believed is not yet enough and not completely right and precise. You continue asking questions and giving your own arguments in contradiction on your opponent’s idea of something. Socratic Method shows your mastery, techniques and creativity on the way you present your argument and ideas. This is a sort of creative or logical argument or reasoning. For me, this would be the best way and technique to use for us to arrive into a clear and apodictic ideas and ideas.
“Let me tell you something. Of course that’s your contention. You are a first year-grad student. You just got finished reading some Marxian historian, Pete Garrison probably. You are gonna be convinced of that till next month when you get to James Lemon. Then you are gonna be talking about how the economies of Virginia and Pennsylvania…were entrepreneurial and capitalist way back in 1740. That’s gonna last until next year. You’re gonna be in here regurgitating Gordon Wood, talking about, you know, the prerevolutionary utopia and the capital-forming effects of military mobilization.”
“Well, as a matter of fact I won’t, because Wood drastically underestimates the impacts of…”
“Wood drastically underestimates the impact of social distinctions…predicated upon wealth…especially inherited wealth. You got that from Vickers’ Work in Essex County. Page 98, right? I read that too. Were you gonna plagiarize the whole thing for us? Do you have any thoughts of your own on this matter? Or is that your thing? You come into a bar. You read some obscure passage. Then pretend-pawn it off as your own. As your own idea just to impress some girls? Embarrass my friend?”
This is a conversation between Will and the man in the bar. Will interrupted in the confrontation between his friend and the man. He got irritated because the man acted like a genius or smart person. The man was in surprised and quiet shy because Will was able to know and explain everything. Will underestimated the man because he knew that the man was just pretending that he knew everything but actually does not know everything at all. Will continue explaining and clearing everything what he knows. The man did not anymore insist or say something but rather decided to go away. The man was not able anymore to explain or discuss to Will. Will was able to uncover the mindset or way of thinking of the man through his logical and intelligent or brilliant approach.
“The Socratic Method is a form of philosophical inquiry in which the questioner explores the implications of others' positions, to stimulate rational thinking and illuminate ideas.” The aim of this dialectical method is making your opponent believes that he knows something about something. It shows that your opponent is very intelligent and has mastery on what he knows about. You ask questions in relation to what your opponent know about. By this, you uncover that something which your opponent thought he already understood or knew everything about that something but actually what he thought and believed is not yet enough and not completely right and precise. You continue asking questions and giving your own arguments in contradiction on your opponent’s idea of something. Socratic Method shows your mastery, techniques and creativity on the way you present your argument and ideas. This is a sort of creative or logical argument or reasoning. For me, this would be the best way and technique to use for us to arrive into a clear and apodictic ideas and ideas.
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