Abstract

"Socratic dialogue" get in the contemporary philosophical counseling and psychotherapy field of attention, this article explores the concept of Socratic dialogue with the background, rationale, procedures, characteristics and rules, try to put this method in the philosophy of education can be some applications. In particular, children, philosophy and philosophical counseling program has emphasized two groups for discussion, it seems more appropriate to use Socratic dialogue. Appendix to this article, "What is family?" To explore the theme of Socratic dialogue to explore ways, showing the possibility of a philosophical education scene. Socrates 'Dialogue is highly estimated by contemporary scholars of philosophical counseling and psychotherapy, and this paper is to explore the ideas, background, rationale, procedure, features and rules of Socrates' Dialogue as well as attempt to propose possible applications of such a methodology in the education of philosophy. In particular, the courses of both philosophy for children and philosophical counseling are oriented toward the aspect of group discussion and therefore more suitable for the application of Socrates' Dialogue. Here in this article, we explore the question of "What is Family? "in the light of Socrates' Dialogue so as to present another possibility on the arena of the education of philosophy