Synopsis: Bad reading habits, not lack of intelligence, make many books difficult to read.  This book gives a step-by-step guide to eliminate these bad habits.  It can make almost anyone of average intelligence a better reader and learner. This book gives you tools to improve your: reading, writing, reasoning, and comprehension. While this work is difficult, I have made every effort to simply its contents.  Primarily, I have written this work for classroom use, with a teacher's help.  But I have also organized it for use in seminar discussions and personal study.

Contents: Acknowledgments. Forward. Introduction. ONE Learning, Tools, Books and  Philosophical Reading. TWO The Skill of Philosophical Reading. THREE General Kinds of Books and Kinds of Reading.  FOUR Philosophical Reading and Definitions.  FIVE Three Rules for "Philosophically Reading" any Book. SIX A Book's General Outline. SEVEN Philosophically Reading Theoretical Matters. EIGHT Philosophically Reading Matters of Measurement. NINE Philosophically Reading Practical Matters. TEN Philosophically Reading Matters of Imaginable Experience. ELEVEN Philosophically Reading Mixed Matters. Conclusion. Questions for Study and Discussion. Notes.