HOW TO READ A BOOK (Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren)
THE DIMENSIONS OF READING
THE ACTIVITY & ART OF READING
Active Reading
The Goals of Reading: Reading for Information and Reading for Understanding
Reading as Learning: The Difference Between Learning by Instruction and Learning by Discovery
Present and Absent Teachers
THE LEVELS OF READING
Inspectional Reading
Analytical Reading
Elementary Reading
Syntopical Reading
THE FIRST LEVEL OF READING: ELEMENTARY READING
THE SECOND LEVEL OF READING: INSPECTIONAL READING
HOW TO BE A DEMANDING READER
Stages of Learning to Read
Stages and Levels
Higher Levels of Reading and Higher Education
Reading and the Democratic Ideal of Education
Inspectional Reading I: Systematic Skimming or Pre-reading
Inspectional Reading II: Superficial Reading
On Reading Speeds
Fixations and Regressions
The Problem of Comprehension
Summary of Inspectional Reading
The Essence of Active Reading: The Four Basic Questions a Reader Asks
How to Make a Book Your Own
The Three Kinds of Note-making
Forming the Habit of Reading
From Many Rules to One Habit
THE THIRD LEVEL OF READING: ANALYTICAL READING
APPROACHES TO DIFFERENT KINDS OF READING MATTER
THE ULTIMATE GOALS OF READING
Pigeonholing a Book
The Importance of Classifying Books
X-raying a Book
Coming to Terms with an Author
Determining an Author's Message
Criticizing a Book Fairly
Agreeing or Disagreeing with an Author
Aids to Reading
What You Can Learn from the Title of a Book
Practical vs. Theoretical Books
Kinds of Theoretical Books
Of Plots and Plans: Stating the Unity of a Book
Mastering the Multiplicity: The Art of Outlining a Book
The Reciprocal Arts of Reading and Writing
Discovering the Author's Intentions
The First Stage of Analytical Reading
Words vs. Terms
Finding the Key Words
Technical Words and Special Vocabularies
Finding the Meanings
Sentences vs. Propositions
Finding the Key Sentences
Find the Propositions
Finding the Arguments
Finding the Solutions
The Second Stage of Analytical Reading
Teachability as a Virtue
The Role of Rhetoric
The Importance of Suspending Judgment
The Importance of Avoiding Contentiousness
On the Resolution of Disagreements
Prejudice and Judgment
Judging the Author's Soundness
Judging the Author's Completeness
The Third Stage of Analytical Reading
The Role of Relevant Experience
Other Books as Extrinsic Aids to Reading
How to Use Commentaries and Abstracts
How to Use Reference Books
How to Use a Dictionary
How to Use an Encyclopedia
How to Read Practical Books
How to Read Imaginative Literature
Suggestions for Reading Stories, Plays, and Poems
How to Read History
How to Read Science and Mathematics
How to Read Philosophy
How to Read Social Science
The Two Kinds of Practical Books
The Role of Persuasion
What Does Agreement Entail in the Case of a Practical Book?
How Not to Read Imaginative Literature
General Rules for Reading Imaginative Literature
How to Read Stories
A Note About Epics
How to Read Plays
A Note About Tragedy
How to Read Lyric Poetry
The Elusiveness of Historical Facts
Theories of History
The Universal in History
Questions to Ask of a Historical Book
How to Read Biography and Autobiography
How to Read About Current Events
A Note on Digests
Understanding the Scientific Enterprise
Suggestions for Reading Classical Scientific Books
Facing the Problem of Mathematics
Handling the Mathematics in Scientific Books
A Note on Popular Science
The Questions Philosophers Ask
Modern Philosophy and the Great Tradition
On Philosophical Method
On Philosophical Styles
Hints for Reading Philosophy
On Making Up Your Own Mind
A Note on Theology
How to Read "Canonical" Books
What is Social Science
The Apparent Ease of Reading Social Science
Difficulties of Reading Social Science
Reading Social Science Literature
The Fourth Level of Reading: Syntopical Reading
Reading and the Growth of the Mind
The Role of Inspection in Syntopical Reading
What Good Books Can Do for Us
The Pyramid of Books
The Life and Growth of the Mind
The Five Steps in Syntopical Reading
The Need for Objectivity
An Example of an Exercise in Syntopical Reading: The Idea of Progress
The Syntopicon and How to Use It
On the Principles That Underlie Syntopical Reading
Summary of Syntopical Reading