His model of information-seeking is the old Socratic method of questioning, which has been generalized and brought up-to-date through the logical theory of questions and answers that he has developed.

particularly a section walking readers through the Socratic Method — the question-based method Socrates used to teach students — is the strongest portion of Robertson’s book. The book offers ...

A study by Google DeepMind introduces the concept of “Socratic learning,” a method where AI improves itself through language ...