Useful advice here.
An excerpt from the article:
What is a thesis? It is a proposition, expressed in a declarative sentence. Here are some examples of theses:
Contrary to popular opinion, David Hume and Immanuel Kant have almost identical views on the role of the mind in empirical knowledge. [This is the thesis of my doctoral dissertation]
God is dead.
God is not dead; he has just been on vacation.
In all situations, I am morally obliged to choose the act that will produce the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.
Here are some examples of things that are not theses:
Kant and Hume on the role of the mind in empirical knowledge
Nietzsche's view of religion
Act utilitarianism
Each of these is a topic, not a thesis. You cannot write a dissertation defending a topic.
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