Cross-questioning is a form of dialectic. It is the art or practice of communication employed in “the investigation of truth of opposing opinions by logical discussion.” The exercise is well known to the Western world as the Socratic method. The Greek called this method “elenchus,” which often refers as refutation. Other words that can be used to describes the term are acquisitioning, testing, probing, questioning, counter-question, inquiring, investigating, or cross-examining. Because of this, it is very popular in today use of interrogate, proof, or examination in the law of court.
This method according to Christopher Meckstroth, consisted of asking “a series of questions that push the interlocutor to clarify and draw out the implications …show more content…
Wellman’s book the Art of Cross Examination, it suggested that proficient in the art of cross-examination,
“[R]equires the greatest ingenuity; a habit of logical thought; clearness of perception in general; infinite patience and self-control; power to read men 's minds intuitively, to judge of their characters by their faces, to appreciate their motives; ability to act with force and precision; a masterful knowledge of the subject-matter itself; an extreme caution; and, above all, the instinct to discover the weak point in the [interlocutor] under examination.” …show more content…
It consists of questions and answers between disciples or between the Buddha and a disciple or the god Sakka. The inferior one raises questions and the superior one answers.
2. In several of the quoted examples, the term veyyākaraṇa occurs, which shows that this genre is a variety of another genre veyyākaraṇa (“explanation”).
3. The most characteristic feature of vedalla and veyyākaraṇa, which differentiate them from other genres, is the repeated occurrences of the following set phrase: [A ask a question, B answer.] … (“After rejoicing and gladly receiving what B had said, saying ‘Very good! O venerable B’, A raised another question to B.”) In this way, questions and answers continue.
4. Contents of questions are varied but mainly concern the principal Buddhist doctrines.
Besides, there is a hierarchy relationship between the respondent and the interlocutor in this vedalla genre. One is superior, and the other is inferior. For example, the Buddha and his disciples or a senior monk (such as Sariputa) and a younger
This method according to Christopher Meckstroth, consisted of asking “a series of questions that push the interlocutor to clarify and draw out the implications …show more content…
Wellman’s book the Art of Cross Examination, it suggested that proficient in the art of cross-examination,
“[R]equires the greatest ingenuity; a habit of logical thought; clearness of perception in general; infinite patience and self-control; power to read men 's minds intuitively, to judge of their characters by their faces, to appreciate their motives; ability to act with force and precision; a masterful knowledge of the subject-matter itself; an extreme caution; and, above all, the instinct to discover the weak point in the [interlocutor] under examination.” …show more content…
It consists of questions and answers between disciples or between the Buddha and a disciple or the god Sakka. The inferior one raises questions and the superior one answers.
2. In several of the quoted examples, the term veyyākaraṇa occurs, which shows that this genre is a variety of another genre veyyākaraṇa (“explanation”).
3. The most characteristic feature of vedalla and veyyākaraṇa, which differentiate them from other genres, is the repeated occurrences of the following set phrase: [A ask a question, B answer.] … (“After rejoicing and gladly receiving what B had said, saying ‘Very good! O venerable B’, A raised another question to B.”) In this way, questions and answers continue.
4. Contents of questions are varied but mainly concern the principal Buddhist doctrines.
Besides, there is a hierarchy relationship between the respondent and the interlocutor in this vedalla genre. One is superior, and the other is inferior. For example, the Buddha and his disciples or a senior monk (such as Sariputa) and a younger