PHILOSOPHICAL PRACTICE AS ACTION RESEARCH. THE SOCRATIC DIALOGUE METHOD AT NORWEGIAN FOLK HIGH SCHOOLS

In this article the authors discuss whether and how philosophical practice in general and the Socratic dialogue method in particular can be understood, not only as a form of counseling or education, but also as a form of research. For this purpose references and comparisons to so-called participatory action research are made, on the one hand. On the other, by means of several short case studies, a project about Socratic dialoguing is presented, which was conducted at so-called Norwegian folk high schools and which should point out the inherent research-character of philosophical practice.