The success of the project is the premise of the success of the research. There is a saying that philosophy and social sciences, unlike natural sciences, have no so-called success or failure. If you are willing to do it, you will succeed in the end. This statement is ridiculous. Without a good topic, even tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands or millions of words are useless. This is not a successful study. Successful research must be based on successful topic selection. So, what is the topic of success? In short, we should have a sense of problems in selecting topics. What is problem consciousness?

First, it refers to the goal orientation of research.

Successful topic selection should reveal the goal orientation of the research, that is, what kind of goal the research should achieve. The goal orientation of research reflects whether the research is valuable or not. Therefore, we can know the research status and possible development trend of this problem from the topic selection. If the topic does not reveal the goal orientation of the research, but only states a fact, it means that the research is not worth studying, or the predecessors have done more detailed research, and there is no possibility of in-depth research under the current circumstances. Don't choose this topic.

Second, it refers to the specific research scope.

Successful theme selection should be specific, not comprehensive. That is to say, the topic should not be too big. Too big a topic will make the research unable to go deep, just like skimming the water. On the other hand, if the topic is too small, the research will be too addicted to trivial details, thus making the research lose its value and taste. In particular, some details are not representative and can't really reflect the development trend of things, but because the researchers' vision is too small, they can't find the basic laws of things' development from the details. Especially those who study historical materials often have such problems.

The third is to question an academic question, or to argue.

There is no end to academic research and no end to truth. At that time, many academic viewpoints were right or right, but the time and conditions changed, so their reasons changed. Therefore, we must dare to question the topic, but the question must be well-founded and not just suspicious. On the basis of reasonable doubt, such a topic must be valuable.

In short, the topic selection is very skillful. Choosing a topic is actually the first ideological blowout after accumulation, and it is impossible to choose a topic without accumulation. Good topic selection can make the research get twice the result with half the effort, and good topic selection is the premise of the success of the paper. After choosing a topic, there is another important problem, that is, how to express the content. Here are a few exquisite:

First, the topic should not be too long. Too long indicates that the author lacks the ability of generalization and abstraction. The topic should be concise, and strive to reach the level that a word is too long and a word is too short.

Second, there should not be too many core concepts, at most two, the best one. This requires the implementation of the "family planning" policy. There are more than two core concepts, so it is difficult to grasp the content of the paper. Too many concepts are likely to explain the concepts throughout and dilute the substantive content.

Third, the expression should be accurate. If the topic is ambiguous or ambiguous, then the paper is likely to stray from the topic in writing.