A paper-first reading field guide
Record What a Chapter Assumes Before It Argues
Use three linked fields: starting assumption, evidence added, and conclusion. Keep each field brief and attach the page or chapter landmark that supports it.
Separate a chapter's starting assumptions from the evidence it later offers for its conclusion. A compact three-anchor trail keeps the note useful when you return later or discuss it with someone using another edition.
Step 1
Anchor the location
Record the page or chapter before interpreting the moment. Add the current reading boundary when later knowledge could change the note.
Step 2
Starting assumption
Name the premise the chapter begins by treating as given.
Step 3
Evidence added
Anchor the new evidence introduced afterward.
Step 4
Conclusion
State whether the conclusion depends on the premise remaining true.