Maieutics n. : The art of giving birth (i. e., clearness and conviction) to ideas, which are conceived as struggling for birth.

Example:
Difference between Maieutics and the Socratic method?

Taxonomy
Maieutics, Socrates, midwife, Socratic Method, dialogue, latent, Theaetetus, conclusion, philosopher, prejudices, free encyclopedia, student answers, Socratic School, truth, origin, debates, point of view, Plato dialogues.

Defination from the web:
maieutics was created by the historical Socrates, because it is placed in the character of Socrates in the Theatetus of Plato. ... By its part, Maieutics is based in the theory of reminiscence. ...