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Testing your understanding of an author's words
There is one other test of whether you understand the proposition in a sentence you have read. Can you point to some experience you have had that the proposition describes or to which the proposition… more →
Diverse Thoughts
Mental Growth and Development
Clay J Mize wrote 1 month ago: I have gone from being a jock in my youth to being a nerd. From a kid who would barely read Sports I … more →
An Introduction to Analytical Reading
wisdominion wrote 6 months ago: Having discussed inspectional reading, we are now ready to move on to the next level–analytica … more →
Alright, I Have My Book--Now What?
wisdominion wrote 7 months ago: Lately, I’ve been re-reading the book How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van … more →
An Introduction to the Levels of Reading
wisdominion wrote 7 months ago: In their book How to Read a Book, Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren identify four levels of re … more →
Adler: The difference between men and animals
Steve Farrell wrote 7 months ago: Dear Dr. Adler, Is there any basic difference between men and animals, or is man an animal like all … more →
How to Watch a DVD
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Scott W. Smith wrote 1 year ago: Years ago, philosophers Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren wrote a serious book called How to R … more →
Testing your understanding of an author's words
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Roger Costello wrote 1 year ago: There is one other test of whether you understand the proposition in a sentence you have read. Can … more →
Read a book to receive knowledge, not just words
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Roger Costello wrote 1 year ago: Here’s a test to see if you understood something that you read: “State it in your own wo … more →
Master a Book and Become a Peer of the Author
Roger Costello wrote 2 years ago: A good book deserves an active reading. The activity of reading does not stop with the work of unde … more →
An alphabetical arrangement is a cowardly retreat ...
Roger Costello wrote 2 years ago: An alphabetical arrangement of anything is a cowardly retreat from an intelligible ordering of the m … more →
It may be seriously questioned whether the advent of modern communications media has much enhanced our understanding of the world in which we live
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Roger Costello wrote 2 years ago: From How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles van Doren: There is some feeling nowadays t … more →
Good books are over your head
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Roger Costello wrote 2 years ago: Good books are over your head; they would not be good for you if they were not. And books that are … more →
You become a better reader (writer, runner, cook, etc) by reading (writing, running, cooking, etc)
Roger Costello wrote 2 years ago: Any art or skill is possessed by those who have formed the habit of operating according to its rules … more →
Learn how to learn from books
Roger Costello wrote 2 years ago: For those of us who are no longer in school, it is necessary, if we want to go on learning and disco … more →
The person who says he know what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks
Roger Costello wrote 2 years ago: It is an old saying that you have to “read between the lines” to get the most out of any … more →
Reading and writing ... (baseball) catching and pitching
Roger Costello wrote 2 years ago: The reader (of a book) is much like the catcher in a game of baseball. Catching the ball is just as … more →
"God" is unclassifiable
Roger Costello wrote 2 years ago: Every proper name represents an object of a certain kind and belongs to one or more classes of objec … more →
What does the word "God" mean?
Roger Costello wrote 2 years ago: I am starting to read a book How to Think about God by Mortimer J. Adler. The purpose of the book is … more →
Are all ideas subjective? Are there objective ideas?
Roger Costello wrote 2 years ago: We are likely to think that all ideas are things that occur within our mind and are thus subjective … more →
