Agent skill

The Philosophical Review

by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills

A skill your agent uses when targeting The Philosophical Review or deciding whether an analytic philosophy manuscript fits this venue.

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Install The Philosophical Review

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill the-philosophical-review -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills the-philosophical-review --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/English-Humanities-Journal-Skills/skills/the-philosophical-review .claude/skills/the-philosophical-review && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
the-philosophical-review
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
692 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when targeting The Philosophical Review or deciding whether an analytic philosophy manuscript fits this venue.

  • Targeting The Philosophical Review
  • SKILL.md covers Journal positioning, When to trigger, Scope & topic fit and Method & evidence bar, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Deciding whether an analytic philosophy manuscript fits this venue

What it does

The Philosophical Review is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when targeting The Philosophical Review or deciding whether an analytic philosophy manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, the argument-rigor and originality bar, dialectical-engagement expectations, house style and double-blind norms, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Journal-specific Claude Code/Codex skill packs covering mainstream journals — AER, QJE, Nature, Cell, 管理世界, 经济研究 & 200+ more — your fast track to getting published. | 覆盖主流期刊的… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Targeting The Philosophical Review
  • Deciding whether an analytic philosophy manuscript fits this venue

Example prompts

  • “/the-philosophical-review”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 932eb23. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

The Philosophical Review loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 84 tokens; SKILL.md has 692 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~84
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 692 words, ~1,570 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/the-philosophical-review/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
the-philosophical-review
description
Use when targeting The Philosophical Review or deciding whether an analytic philosophy manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, the argument-rigor and originality bar, dialectical-engagement expectations, house style and double-blind norms, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.

The Philosophical Review (the-philosophical-review)

Journal positioning

The Philosophical Review is one of the most selective generalist journals in analytic philosophy, publishing full-length articles of the highest quality across all core areas — metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind and language, ethics, and the history of philosophy treated philosophically. Its defining expectation is a rigorous, original argument that advances a live debate: a clearly stated thesis, a valid and carefully defended line of reasoning, and decisive engagement with the strongest opposing positions. A competent survey, a small variation on a known move, or a paper that does not engage the best objections is a poor fit. This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing aid. It does not replace the journal's current submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live Philosophical Review author instructions.

When to trigger

  • The author names The Philosophical Review for an analytic-philosophy article and wants a fit/framing check.
  • An argument must be sharpened — thesis, structure, and engagement with the strongest objections — to meet a top generalist venue's bar.
  • The author is choosing between The Philosophical Review and Noûs, The Journal of Philosophy, or a sub-area specialist journal.
  • The author needs the journal's originality/rigor bar and desk-reject heuristics.

Scope & topic fit

  • Core analytic philosophy: metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, logic, and their intersections.
  • Ethics and metaethics, and political philosophy treated with analytic rigor.
  • History of philosophy when it makes a philosophical (not merely exegetical) contribution to a current debate.
  • Foundational work in philosophy of science, mathematics, or action when the argument is of general philosophical interest.
  • Articles that introduce or decisively advance a distinction, argument, or position.

Method & evidence bar

  • The contribution is an original thesis defended by a valid, carefully structured argument; the central claim and its dialectical stakes are stated early and clearly.
  • The strongest objections and rival views are engaged head-on, not deflected; the paper earns its conclusion against the best opposition.
  • Distinctions are drawn precisely; key terms are defined; the argument's logical form is transparent and its premises independently motivated.
  • Scholarly engagement is current and fair, situating the contribution in the live literature without padding.
  • Examples and thought experiments do real argumentative work and are not merely illustrative.

Structure & house style

  • Full-length analytic article with a sustained argument; re-check current length expectations and article types on the live guide.
  • The thesis and roadmap appear early; sections build the argument step by step; objections-and-replies are integral, not appended.
  • Citation follows the journal's current style (typically author-date with a reference list); footnotes carry qualifications and secondary dialectic.
  • Double-blind review: anonymize the manuscript (self-citations and acknowledgements) per current policy.
  • Prose is precise and economical; technical apparatus is used only where it earns its keep.
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Official-submission checklist

  • Before giving submission-ready advice, read ../../resources/source-basis.md and ../../resources/official-source-map.md; start from the press/society anchors, then cite the current Philosophical Review page you checked.
  • Search the live site for "The Philosophical Review submission guidelines" and follow the current version.
  • Re-check article types, length expectations, and the abstract requirement.
  • Confirm the citation/style format and anonymization for double-blind review.
  • Re-check the journal's policy on prior presentation/preprints, simultaneous submission, and AI-use disclosure.
  • If the live official instructions conflict with this skill, the official instructions win.

Pre-submission self-check

  • There is a single, clearly stated, original thesis with explicit dialectical stakes.
  • The argument is valid and each premise is independently motivated and defined.
  • The strongest objections and rival positions are engaged and answered, not deflected.
  • Engagement with the current literature is fair, current, and non-padding.
  • The manuscript is anonymized and follows the current citation style.
  • Examples/thought experiments do genuine argumentative work.

Common desk-reject triggers

  • A survey or a small variation on a familiar move with no original advance.
  • An argument that ignores or only gestures at the strongest objections.
  • Imprecise theses, undefined key terms, or an argument whose logical form is unclear.
  • Narrow sub-area interest with no general philosophical stake (better at a specialist venue).
  • Exegesis with no philosophical contribution to a live debate.

Re-routing decision

  • Equally strong generalist analytic article → nous / the-journal-of-philosophy.
  • Moral, political, or normative-ethics focus → ethics / philosophy-and-public-affairs.
  • Broad philosophy, especially in the UK tradition → mind.
  • Short, focused argument or counterexample → analysis.
  • Aesthetics / philosophy of art → the-journal-of-aesthetics-and-art-criticism.

Output format

text
[Fit] High / Medium / Low (one-line reason)
[Target] The Philosophical Review
[Area] <closest philosophical sub-area>
[Thesis] <the original claim in one line>
[Argument/engagement] <does the rigor + objection-handling clear a top generalist bar?>
[Top risk] <the single most likely reason for rejection>
[Official items to re-check] <length / citation style / anonymization / preprint policy>
[Re-route suggestion] <if not a fit, a better-matched venue>

© brycewang-stanford, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in English-Humanities-Journal-Skills/skills/the-philosophical-review of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about The Philosophical Review

What does The Philosophical Review do?

A skill your agent uses when targeting The Philosophical Review or deciding whether an analytic philosophy manuscript fits this venue. The Philosophical Review is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when targeting The Philosophical Review or deciding whether an analytic philosophy manuscript fits this venue.

When should I use The Philosophical Review?

The Philosophical Review fits situations like: targeting The Philosophical Review; deciding whether an analytic philosophy manuscript fits this venue.

How do I install The Philosophical Review in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill the-philosophical-review -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (English-Humanities-Journal-Skills/skills/the-philosophical-review in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/the-philosophical-review in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install The Philosophical Review in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill the-philosophical-review -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (English-Humanities-Journal-Skills/skills/the-philosophical-review in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/the-philosophical-review in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use The Philosophical Review in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill the-philosophical-review -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/the-philosophical-review, .gemini/skills/the-philosophical-review, .github/skills/the-philosophical-review and .opencode/skills/the-philosophical-review in your project.

What does The Philosophical Review need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: The Philosophical Review is instructions for the agent only.

Does The Philosophical Review access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is The Philosophical Review safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does The Philosophical Review use?

The Philosophical Review is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does The Philosophical Review use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains The Philosophical Review?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,231 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.

Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.