Maieutics 's a procedure of pedagogy. It's based on the idea that the truth's latent in the mind of every human being due to his innate reason but has to be "given birth" by answering questions (or problems) intelligently proposed. The word's derived from the Greek "μαιευτικός," pertaining to midwifery. Normally it's thought that maieutics was created by the historical Socrates, because it's placed in the character of Socrates in the Theatetus of… (More on Maieutics)