#### [[Zkn Questions Relevant Meaningfulness]] --- links: Home Index Link - any others you may wish Idea goes here Lorem ipsum… - with embedded in-situ links in your idea text #jots(This tag can be used to search for notes which still need elaboration and/or were just captured quickly whilst in-flow from other notes) 1. Key Phrases… Think… How to retrieve? When will I need to know this? What contexts? tags or links 2. Elaboration… Think… Connections | Consequences | Implications… Why is this of interest? 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 can this be combined with other ZKN notes? What is missing? What are the similarities? How does this connect to XYZ? How does this fit with what i know? Can this be explained by something else? What are the limitations? Is this convincing? Can this be disproved? Why X 5? What if this is wrong? What if… So what? 3. Related Literature Link RN: RYYMMDDHHMM LITERATURELINK GOES HERE - link to the book/article/paper you have captured as a note Note: Other Zettlekasten links should go in text in situ 4. Classify Does this fit in with a topic and what about new topics to the index? 5. -- 1. ICS Questions 2. What does this mean? 3. Why do I need to know it? 4. How do I use this? 5. Is this relevant? 6. Do I need to memorise all the details? 7. How do I solve problems with it? 8. How does it fit in with everything else? "Clarity Could you elaborate further? Could you give me an example? Could you illustrate what you mean? Accuracy How could we check on that? How could we find out if that is true? How could we verify or test that? Precision Could you be more specific? Could you give me more details? Could you be more exact? Relevance How does that relate to the problem? How does that bear on the question? How does that help us with the issue? Depth What factors make this a difficult problem? What are some of the complexities of this question? What are some of the difficulties we need to deal with? Breadth Do we need to look at this from another perspective? Do we need to consider another point of view? Do we need to look at this in other ways? Logic Does all this make sense together? Does your first paragraph fit in with your last? Does what you say follow from the evidence? Significance Is this the most important problem to consider? Is this the central idea to focus on? Which of these facts are most important? Fairness Do I have any vested interest in this issue? Am I sympathetically representing the viewpoints of others?" (Richard Paul, Linda Elder, Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts & Tools) --- Tags: Reference: Related: [[Questions about relationships as jigsaw puzzle]]