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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.
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# 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
