mind-literature-positioning
Use when positioning a Mind article against the existing philosophical literature so the thesis reads as a genuine move in a live debate. Mind readers are expert across analytic philosophy, so the paper must engage the canonical and current statements of the view it targets, not a strawman. Stakes the contribution; it does not write the literature section for you.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill mind-literature-positioning --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Literature Positioning (mind-literature-positioning) A Mind paper earns its place by making a **move in an ongoing debate**. Positioning is not throat-clearing — it shows the reader (and the referee) the exact disagreement you enter and why your thesis matters. Mind referees are specialists; engaging a weak or dated version of your target view is the fastest route to rejection. ## When to trigger - Drafting or revising the introduction and the "what I add" paragraph - A reader said you "attack a strawman" or "ignore the obvious reply already in the literature" - You need to distinguish your thesis from the closest existing positions - Choosing which figures and papers actually *define* the debate you enter ## How Mind wants the literature engaged 1. **Enter a live debate, not a citation pile.** Identify the specific disagreement or open puzzle your thesis addresses, and the works that *constitute* it (the canonical statement plus the strongest current defenders). 2. **Target the strongest version.** Engage the best, most charitable formulation of the view you oppose — ideally its proponents' own words. Refuting a weak version persuades no one. 3. **Name the gap precisely.** Not "
- When to trigger
- How Mind wants the literature engaged
- Engaging across the field (Mind is general)
- Anti-patterns
- Positioning pass for Mind
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the mind-literature-positioning skill do?
Use when positioning a Mind article against the existing philosophical literature so the thesis reads as a genuine move in a live debate. Mind readers are expert across analytic philosophy, so the paper must engage the canonical and current statements of the view it targets, not a strawman. Stakes the contribution; it does not write the literature section for you.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill mind-literature-positioning --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 984 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.