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Reference: The Book of Subject Clearing

As you study an article or a book on a subject, your purpose is to grasp it fully. The data contained in the material can be quite complicated or obscure. So, you carefully study one paragraph at a time. 

When there a confusion, doubt or perplexity in paragraph, clear it up using the procedure given in Word Meanings. After each paragraph, briefly write down your your understanding and any doubts or questions. It may help you identify anomalies after you complete your study of the article, or the chapter of the book.

Once you reach the end of the article, or the chapter, some of the anomalies that you observed earlier may get resolved. So, you review all your comments and write a summary of them at the end of the article, or the chapter. In the summary, you may also refer to the key words related to the anomalies still to be resolved. 

Here is an example of a book that has been subject cleared: Hubbard 1952: A History of Man.

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Gaps in Materials

As you make progress in your study of a subject as above, you become aware of the gaps in knowledge that you would like to fill. The most important gaps to fill are in the broadest concepts of the subject. So you become more selective in choosing the materials to study on that subject.

You might end up with a list of anomalies present in the subject.

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Key Concepts & Glossary

You may keep a record of the key concepts in a subject from the broadest to the narrowest in that order. You may maintain a personal glossary for support.

In a Subject clearing project all notes and definitions are in a flux. They are continuously being reviewed and updated based on feedback from others and from further study.

Here is a current project listing some key concepts: Postulate Mechanics

In my case, my whole blog supports me in my subject clearing effort.

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