Workbook for Volume 1 – Part V: Section #1: What is It & Why Use a Template for Reading Research Papers?
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Volume 1 – Part V: Section #1: What is It & Why Use a Template for Reading Research Papers?
This, and the following content sections introduce the “Template for Reading Research Papers” as a summarized recapitulation of insights from all five Workbooks in Volume 1. It guides readers through eight levels analysis related to understanding a paper and its author(s):
- Perspective
- Context: Domain Knowledge
- Context: Historical Lineage
- Purpose
- Methodology
- Methods
- Axioms, Assumptions & Hypotheses
- Meaning
Given the foundational insight from Volume 1 – Part I that “Brains” exist to manage “Motions” through “Predictions” in a “Large World “ filled with “Uncertainty” as well as “Willful Ignorance, Error & Deceit”, one must become an owner of “Meaning” in order to cut through the fog from “Media” that filter our “Perceptions”, thus the key question:
- What must we know in order to make good decisions?
Knowing means owning “Meaning”. Owning “Meaning” requires one’s own development of precise and accurate “Perceptions” about an author’s “Perspective, Context, Purpose, Methodology, Methods, Axioms, Assumptions, & Hypotheses”. On the other hand, renting “Meaning” from hurried and biased experts requires masking oneself with “Word Magic”, and “Number Magic”, thus at the mercy of “Misdirection” and “False Reconstructions” based on a limited and opaque understanding of an author’s “Perspective, Context, Purpose, Methodology, Methods, Axioms, Assumptions, & Hypotheses”.
Owning the “Meaning” of one’s experiences to guide successful innovation answers the question “Why did you build this Template for Reading Research Papers?” It took 40 years of personal experience with several start-ups to formalize this Template. Let me ask you a question: “What will you do with it?”
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