Development through dialogue

As demonstrated in the Socratic method of teaching, when engaged in dialogue one rapidly develops one's understanding of what is under consideration, even though one may have had the material available before. It seems that the very act of participating in the dialogue reveals truth that no one participant possessed in total. Simply communicating one with another clarifies for each what is being said. This is the clarification implicit in the "I-Thou" encounter of Martin Buber and argues against the contention of many traditions, including the Christian tradition, that dialogue is a danger in that it may cause corruption of the truth.