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creative_pillar: themes
always_load_for: [discuss, plan, draft, editor-review]
authority: project
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# Research Questions

Academic projects use this file instead of THEMES.md. Track research questions, subquestions, unresolved tensions, claims, and reader-state movement.

## {{QUESTION_NAME}}

**Research question:** {{QUESTION}}
**Working answer:** {{WORKING_ANSWER}} (or "deliberately unresolved")
**Why it matters:** {{WHY_IT_MATTERS}}
**Reader starts here:** {{READER_START}}
**Reader should move toward:** {{READER_SHIFT}}
**Pressure or friction:** {{PRESSURE_OR_FRICTION}} (gap, dispute, limitation, counterclaim, methodological risk)
**Interaction pattern:** {{INTERACTION_PATTERN}} (claim vs. counterclaim, source vs. source, method vs. limitation, evidence vs. interpretation)
**Evidence needed:** {{EVIDENCE_NEEDED}}
**Sections where it appears:** {{SECTION_LIST}}
**Watchpoints:** {{WATCHPOINTS}}

_Last touched: {{LAST_TOUCHED}}_