tango [none/use name]

  • 10 Posts
  • 65 Comments
Joined 2 years ago
cake
Cake day: April 3rd, 2023

help-circle

















  • tango [none/use name]tochatHow do you read theory?
    ·
    1 year ago

    Lots of great advice in thread already. One thing I would say is don't feel the pressure to understand everything the first time you read it. For texts you want to go deep into I would suggest reading it three times.

    First time you just read/skim it, try to read it uninterrupted and don't get hung up on details or footnotes. Second time, you do annotations and write questions about the text in the margins. Third time you read the text to answer your questions.

    This short article on how to read philosophy also gives good pointers. https://philosophy.arizona.edu/sites/philosophy.arizona.edu/files/Rosati%2C%20How%20to%20Read%20a%20Philosophical%20Article%20or%20Book.pdf