What is the Elenchus? (The Socratic Method)

A simple and brief explanation of the Socratic method, or the Elenchus, where an position is questioned by showing that we intuitively accept propositions with lead to the denial of the particular position, as Socrates frequently does in his Socratic dialogues. Sponsors: João Costa Neto, Dakota Jones, Joe Felix, Prince Otchere, Mike Samuel, Daniel Helland, Mohammad Azmi Banibaker, Dennis Sexton, Yu Saburi, Mauricino Andrade, Will Roberts, Greg Gauthier, Christian Bay, isenshi, Joao Sa, and √2. Thanks for your support! Donate on Patreon: Buy stuff with Zazzle: Follow us on Twitter: @CarneadesCyrene Information for this video gathered from The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy and more!