zetetic

1. (philosophy) Proceeding by inquiry or investigation.Examples: "1865, Samuel Birley Rowbotham, Zetetic Astronomy, 2022 facsimile reprint, Salzwasser Verlag, page 6, Hence, in every zetetic process, the conclusion arrived at is essentially a quotient, which, if the details be correct, must, of necessity, be true beyond the reach or power of contradiction."; "This^([the assumption that the earth is an extended plain]) is the great central zetetic assumption on which the whole theory is based."; "The zetetic approach or, as Kant translates it, the searching approach, becomes the element by means of which the discourse develops, the medium in which philosophical thinking occurs."not-comparable