Philosophy › Section B · Critical thinking, reading, and writing › Topic B.5
Reading philosophy
Philosophical texts are arguments to be followed, tested and answered, not information to be absorbed. A three-stage method, a simple annotation code and a habit of tracking whose voice is speaking will turn baffling pages into a conversation you can join.
In this topic
- Why philosophy is hard to read
- A different kind of reading
- Preparing to read
- Stage one: pre-read
- Stage two: first read
- Whose voice is this?
- Reading with charity
- Worked example: tracking the dialectic
- Stage three: close read
- Worked example: reconstructing an argument
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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