Same as OP, I would really appreciate it if someone could look at my materials and provide advice.
My main AOI are Philosophy of Science and Epistemology.
Please message me if you are willing to help. Thanks!
1. Does it make sense to send writing sample that crushes paper or position of one the faculty you appy to?
2. You wrote your writing sample, it's all done. Right before you are sending it you find out that your main argument appears in paper that you haven't seen before but was published last year, what do you do?