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[edit] How To Read a Book - Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren
[edit] Inspectional Reading I
1. Look at the title page and, if this book has one, at its preface.# Look at the title page and, if this book has one, at its preface.
- a. Read each quickly.
- b. Note any subtitles or other indications of the author's particular angle on the subject.
- c. What is the subject or category of this book?
- d. Are you aware of any other books that are similar to this one?
2. Study the table of contents for a general sense of the books structure.
How to Read a Book is a 1970's revision of Adler's 1940 practical book using the same classical, structured approach to assist students in going beyond elementary reading in order to achieve a higher level of skill in the art of reading.
[edit] Table of Contents
[edit] Part One: The Dimensions of Reading
1. The Activity and Art of Reading
2. The Levels of Reading
3. The First Level of Reading: Elementary Reading
4. The Second Level of Reading: Inspectional Reading
5. How to be a Demanding Reader
[edit] Part Two: The Third Level of Reading: Analytical Reading
1. Pigeonholing a Book
2. X-raying a Book
3. Coming to Terms with an Author
4. Determining an Author's Message
5. Criticizing a Book Fairly
6. Agreeing or Disagreeing with an Author
7. Aids to Reading
[edit] Part Three: Approaches to Different Kinds of Reading Matter
1. How to Read Practical Books
2. How to Read Imaginative Literature
3. Suggestions for Reading Stories, Plays and Poems
4. How to Read History
5. How to Read Science and Mathematics
6. How to Read Philosophy
7. How to Read Social Science
