About Surveys (Knowing History)
In this article, I summarized the concept of Concept transfer, how to learn how to learn, specifically focusing on the importance of understanding the history through surveys. While the article explains the general flow, more detailed information can be found in the article About Surveys (To Connect Next).
In a previous note titled How to make the meaning clear and trace back to the same source through the flow of context, I wrote about the importance of reading research papers and understanding their research positioning, rather than simply comprehending the content. It is crucial to grasp the starting point of the research and explore other approaches to problem-solving.
There is a flow in research. Groundbreaking papers often lead to the emergence of numerous followers who experiment with various methods. This is followed by a period of stagnation, characterized by technical challenges. Eventually, another groundbreaking paper breaks through, and the cycle repeats itself. Here is a screenshot from the article illustrating this flow.(https://gyazo.com/fda7f133e2a858acf1ceabeec901fba0)
When it comes to research, there is a flow or context. It is important to read beyond individual papers and understand the overall flow. I discussed this concept in more detail in How to make the meaning clear and trace back to the same source through the flow of context. Here are some screenshots illustrating this concept.(https://gyazo.com/3fb638c489c302c90f09358d0aea8380) https://gyazo.com/eaa90f2deb47aae9dcd8c1e874f72904 https://gyazo.com/9002891ec6bf6b3c15ba4cc8283c7e83
In addition to the articles, I also found some relevant tweets that support these ideas. For example, Kaityo(https://twitter.com/kaityo256) shared a tweet about how understanding the history is a universal truth in various fields, including the evolution of biology and the development of new products. Here is the tweet.(https://twitter.com/kaityo256/status/1249990075871444992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw April 14, 2020)
Tamanichenko(https://twitter.com/qtamaki) also tweeted about the pulsation of breakthroughs and followers in the history of progress, which applies not only to research papers but also to other forms of content such as books and anime. Here is the tweet.(https://twitter.com/qtamaki/status/1250210687801913344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw April 14, 2020)
田中和生(https://twitter.com/t_kazuo1984) mentioned that understanding history and emphasizing the culture of surveys is important in academia, and it can be an enjoyable experience to think like intelligent people. He also mentioned Paradigm Theory, which seems to have been proposed by Thomas Kuhn. Here are some resources related to Kuhn's Paradigm Theory: Kuhn's Paradigm Theory(https://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/nkaoru/paradigm.html), Kuhn's Paradigm Theory(http://www.isc.meiji.ac.jp/~sano/htst/Theory_of_Science/kuhn01.htm), Paradigm and Natural Science sts 3(http://www.comm.tcu.ac.jp/otsukalab/ts/ts3.html), §5 What is Science? Paradigm Theory, and The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: Thomas Kuhn, Shigeru Nakayama(https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E7%A7%91%E5%AD%A6%E9%9D%A9%E5%91%BD%E3%81%AE%E6%A7%8B%E9%80%A0-%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3/dp/4622016672).