User:Socraticmethodist

I like the term (username) 'Socratic Methodist' -- because of its association with the philosophical methodology of the 'socratic dialogue' -- also known as the 'socratic method.'

The word 'methodist' in this context has a 'double meaning' in its association with the 'socratic method' and its religious association with the 'methodist' version of Protestantism founded by John Wesley. (In my limited web-surfing, I have not yet found any explanation for why the Wesley brothers chose to identify their 'movement' as 'Methodism.')

Many years ago, I also conceived the term 'Socratic dialogue-of-one' for my own personal use to describe the idiosyncratic methodology that I often use when thinking about philosophical issues. In that methodology, I imagine that I am having a 'socratic dialogue' with three personas: me - myself - and I.

Along that 'vein,' I also employ a personal writing method, in which I assume the dual role of 'interviewer' and 'respondent.' In other words, I assume the dual role of 'narrator' and first-person 'commenter.'