mind-skills

Plugin mind-skills from marketplace awesome-journal-skills in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Commands read from the repo's manifest — 1 month ago.

Skills (12)

• mind-citation-and-style

  Use when formatting references and applying the MIND house style to a Mind article. Mind provides a MIND Stylesheet and requires accepted papers to be prepared in its house style; line numbering is required for review. Handles citation mechanics and formatting; it does not write the argument.

• mind-conceptual-analysis-and-method

  Use when sharpening the concepts, distinctions, and method of a Mind article — defining key terms precisely, drawing distinctions, deploying thought experiments, and choosing the right philosophical method. Analytic philosophy lives or dies on conceptual precision and parsimony. Tightens the concept

• 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 t

• mind-objections-and-replies

  Use when stress-testing a Mind argument by raising the strongest objections and constructing replies. At a top analytic-philosophy journal, anticipating and answering the best objection is much of the contribution — referees are expert and will supply the objection if you do not. Builds the dialecti

• mind-review-process

  Use to understand how Mind evaluates a submission — triple-anonymous peer review, quality as the sole criterion, the role of expert referees, and what it means for a journal that receives over 800 submissions a year. Sets expectations and shapes the paper to survive review; it does not contact edito

• mind-revision-and-response

  Use when responding to a Mind decision — a revise-and-resubmit, a reject-with-encouragement, or referee reports to address before resubmitting. The response must answer expert philosophical objections without weakening the thesis, while keeping the manuscript prepared for triple-anonymous review. St

• mind-structure-and-exposition

  Use when organizing a Mind article so the argument unfolds in the clearest possible order within the ~8,000-word limit. The job is architecture, not prose polish — a roadmap, the right order of premises, signposting, and a conclusion that claims exactly what was earned. Structures the paper; it does

• mind-submission

  Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for Mind via ScholarOne — preparation for triple-anonymous review, the ~8,000-word limit, the 50–200-word abstract, line numbering, the one-article-per-12-months rule, file format, and the MIND house style. Final checks; it does not draft content.

• mind-thesis-and-argument

  Use when building the central argument of a Mind article — stating a sharp thesis and constructing a valid, sound argument for it. This is the core of an analytic-philosophy paper: explicit premises, a valid inference to the conclusion, and defensible premises. Structures the argument; it does not g

• mind-topic-selection

  Use when deciding whether a philosophy project fits Mind and which content type (article, discussion, book review, critical notice) to target. Mind takes quality as the sole criterion and excludes no area, style, or school, so the test is the significance and defensibility of the thesis, not novelty

• mind-workflow

  Use as the entry point for any Mind (philosophy journal) article. Routes to the right Mind sub-skill based on where you are in the lifecycle and whether the piece is an article, discussion note, book review, or critical notice. Mind is analytic philosophy — argument, not data — so the router's first

• mind-writing-style

  Use when drafting or polishing the prose of a Mind article so the argument is maximally clear to a broad philosophical readership within the ~8,000-word limit. Mind asks that even technical material be accompanied by informal exposition. Tightens sentences and clarity; it does not generate the argum

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