SkydiveMike/Literature-Note.md

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// Literature Note template from
// https://harleystagner.com/digital-smart-notes-in-obsidian-part-2-how-to-create-literature-notes/
// https://read.readwise.io/new/read/01g7m537pcftrvwbadknc9eg81
//
// Assumptions:
// - Prompt for a new title if the current note name is Untitled (this
//   will be true for new notes)
// - Clipboard contains the reference that will become the Quote
// - Prompt for a reference note and add to Sources
//
// In my common workflow ⌘⇧B to create a block id and copy the
// reference followed by ⌘⇧N to create a literature note
// If creating a file named Untitled, prompt the User to set a Title
// (Source: SilentVoid13/Templater#259)
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tags:

NoteType/Literature-Note
Status/WIP
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Previous_Note:: 

Notes

Note
The Literature Note (“my own words”) summarizing and deriving from
the highlight (or highlights) of the reference notes. The end-result
of an active read of the source. My understanding, not just
information.

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Overview


[!Question]
What kind of book is this?
Expository or fiction?
Theoretical or Practical?
History, Science, Philosophy?

X-Ray the Book

Note

State the unity of the whole book in a single sentence, or at most
a few sentences (A short paragraph).
Set forth the major parts of the book, and show how these are
organized into a whole, by being ordered to one another and to the
unity of the whole.
Find out what the author’s problems were.


Coming to Terms

Note

Find the important words and through them come to terms with the
author.
A term is a word or phrase used unambiguously.


Propositions and Arguments

Note

Propositions are the answers to questions
Mark the most important sentences in a book and discover the
propositions they contain
Locate or construct the basic arguments in the book by finding
them in the connection of sentences.
Find the paragraphs in a book (or construct them from sentences in
other paragraphs) that state the propositions that compose the arguments.


Questions


[!Question]
What is the source about as a whole?
What is being said in detail, and how?
Is the source true, in whole or part?
What of it?

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Quote(s):


[!Quote]
Block transclude 1


[!Quote]
Block transclude 2

Source:

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Links 


Classes:: 
Topics:: 


[!Question]
What remains for you to consider? 

Why does this interest me? 

What else does this relate to? 

Where have I heard this before? 

What does the opposite of this mean? 

Compare how this fits with X or Y 

Contrast with Z 

How could I combine this note with other Zettelkasten notes? 

Can I identify any missing concepts? 

Can I identify any similar concepts? 

How does this connect to some other idea or ideas? 

How does this fit with what I know? 

Can I explain this by something else? 

Can I identify any limitations? 

Does this proposition convince me? 

Can I disprove this, or do I think someone else could? 

Ask Why five times 


What if this is wrong? 

So what? 


See Also

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