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These notes are divided into five separate sections: Thinking, Building Arguments, Research, Writing and Presenting

Thinking
1 thinking about architecture
2 why do we study theory?
3 why study history?
4 understanding understanding
5 his story
6 a view with a room
7 learning to teach
8 the art of describing a point
9 the point of describing an art
10 a guided tour
11 a thought on thought
12 Confucius confused
13 ordering your thoughts
14 structures
15 the hermeneutic dilemma
16 induction deduction abduction
17 signs
18 generalisations
19 judgement and the phenomenon
20 oppositions to deconstruct
21 modes of vision
22 similarities and differences
23 Convenience
24 emulation
25 sympathy
26 analogy and homology
27 algorithms process and systems
28 spatial thinking
29 abstraction
30 translation
Building an argument
31 surveying a topic and building arguments
32 finding a focus within your topic
33 formulating the problem
34 finding a working title
35 formulating a thesis
36 what is an argument?
37 formulating arguments through critical analysis
38 how do you develop an argument
39 determining an approach
40 dissecting an argument
41 the conclusion
42 the introduction
Research
43 doing research on a building or theme
44 a research checklist for a building
Writing
45 writing an essay
46 the essay that stands like a house
47 reviewing a book and writing a bookreview
48 the monograph
49 a manifesto
50  some tips for clarity and sundry things
51 documenting your evidence
Presentations
52 presentations, lectures and seminars
53 the visual presentation
54 the verbal presentation
55 lectures
56 the seminar
57 note taking format

 

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