Kanon Filsafat 22

This text shall critique a former canon, that is canon 18 and supersede that canon. The primary problem of canon 18 is, “The first step is to consume it once….” Consuming a massive text and then rereading it to respond to it is not as effective as once thought. While we trust in God that there is time, enough time for me to do all things that I must do under Him, we trust in God as well that He wants us to do things better which includes being more effective and efficient. Therefore, the new standard of reading is to simply to read and respond to a text at the same time. However simple this new standard is, there is an actual reason why I prefer this standard over the old one.

When we read once, there is no guarantee that by reading once we will understand the entirety of the text and that we will have it in our memory. While some people can do such a thing, I am not like them. I need much more time to understand something and to remember something as complex as a philosophical article, even moreso when it’s a peer-reviewed article. What I am saying is that I cannot read a text once and then magically understand it completely simply by reading it once. As experience has shown, a text for me is in the beginning incomprehensible, and a tool for me to comprehend it better is response.

Now there might be an argument that if I respond at once, it would seem that I am reading the elements of the text in separation from each other. However, that is untrue. For a text has necessarily a beginning which, if it were to stand independent, is the absolute beginning of the text. The text then builds upon that beginning and our understanding of the text also builds automatically, granted we can comprehend. As such, when I respond to the text, not only a response grants me deeper comprehension of the text, it automatically relates to the prior structures of the text. I must trust in the grace of God that He will aid me in understanding.

 

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