<%"---"%> <%* // 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)
let title = tp.file.title
if (title.startsWith("Untitled") || title == '') {
title = await tp.system.prompt("Title") ?? "Untitled";
await tp.file.rename(${title}
);
}
// choose the Reference Source const referenceNote = await tp.system.suggester((item) => item.path, this.app.vault.getMarkdownFiles(), false, "Select Reference Note");
-%> aliases: id: <%* await fetch("https://www.uuidtools.com/api/generate/v4") .then(response => { return response.json(); }).then(data => { uid = data[0]; });
tR += uid; %> template-version: 1.0.0 creation-date: '<% tp.file.creation_date("YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mmZZ") %>' tags:
- NoteType/Literature-Note
- Status/WIP
- <% tp.file.cursor(1) %> <%"---"%>
Previous_Note::
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.
<% tp.file.cursor(2) %>
[!Question] What kind of book is this? Expository or fiction? Theoretical or Practical? History, Science, Philosophy?
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.
Note
- Find the important words and through them come to terms with the author.
- A term is a word or phrase used unambiguously.
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.
[!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?
<% tp.file.cursor(3) %>
[!Quote] Block transclude 1
[!Quote] Block transclude 2
<%* if (referenceNote) { tR += '- [[' + referenceNote.basename + ']]' } else { tR += '- [[' } -%>
- 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 timesWhat if this is wrong?
So what?
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list
from [[#this.file.name]] and
!outgoing([[#this.file.name]])