techniques-socratic

Asked to question assumptions, probe beliefs through dialogue, uncover hidden premises, or use disciplined questioning to reach deeper understanding, useful for examining claims, debugging reasoning, challenging ideas, or revealing implicit assumptions. Use when: (1) asked to question assumptions, probe beliefs through dialogue, or use questions to uncover hidden premises, (2) examining claims in requirements, proposals, or strategic decisions, (3) before committing to plans that rest on unverified beliefs or untested reasoning, (4) when arguments use certainty language without supporting evidence, (5) when analyzing requirements, proposals, or decisions to reveal hidden assumptions, (6) when disagreements persist despite repeated discussion of the same points, (7) before accepting reasoning or conclusions without examining the logical chain, (8) when teaching or mentoring through questions rather than direct answers, (9) before major resource commitments to validate underlying assumptions, (10) when analyzing conventional wisdom or industry practices, (11) before implementing approaches based on inherited assumptions, (12) when responses rely on opinions or intuitions rather than verified evidence, (13) when debugging mysterious failures by examining what must be true for the failure to occur