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Philosophy and Theoretical Science

Philosophy and Theoretical Science is a research topic within Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of topics related to consciousness, phenomenal experience, grounding, cognitive science, neuroscience, perception, truth, philosophy of mind, modal logic, and self-awareness. The papers explore various aspects of consciousness and aim to understand the nature of subjective experience from philosophical and scientific perspectives.

  • Consciousness
  • Phenomenal Experience
  • Grounding
  • Cognitive Science
  • Neuroscience
  • Perception
  • Truth
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Modal Logic
  • Self-Awareness
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-3%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
41% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Philosophy and Theoretical Science

Which countries lead Philosophy and Theoretical Science research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1k and 368 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 368 works
  3. 3 Germany 262 works
  4. 4 Italy 170 works
  5. 5 China 147 works
  6. 6 Canada 123 works
  7. 7 Brazil 107 works
  8. 8 Spain 104 works
  9. 9 Poland 88 works
  10. 10 Australia 83 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 41.3%United Kingdom: 14.9%Germany: 10.6%Italy: 6.9%6 others listed: 26.3%41%largest
United States1,020 · 41.3%United Kingdom368 · 14.9%Germany262 · 10.6%Italy170 · 6.9%6 others listed651 · 26.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Philosophy and Theoretical Science research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Oxford publishes the most Philosophy and Theoretical Science research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and New York University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 50 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 26 works
  3. 3 New York UniversityUnited States 26 works
  4. 4 University of TorontoCanada 26 works
  5. 5 University of ViennaAustria 25 works
  6. 6 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom 22 works
  7. 7 University of TurinItaly 21 works
  8. 8 City University of New YorkUnited States 21 works
  9. 9 University of WarsawPoland 20 works
  10. 10 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 20 works

Who are the leading researchers in Philosophy and Theoretical Science?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Philosophy and Theoretical Science include Karl John Friston, Michel Foucault and Trevor William Robbins.

  1. 1 Karl John Friston United Kingdom 310k citations
  2. 2 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  3. 3 Trevor William Robbins United Kingdom 199k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Philosophy and Theoretical Science?

The most cited paper in Philosophy and Theoretical Science is "The Extended Mind" (Andy Clark, David J. Chalmers, 1998), with 5,419 citations. Next come "Naming and Necessity" (5,275) and "Some Philosophical Problems from the Standpoint of Artificial Intelligence" (3,307).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Extended Mind Andy Clark, David J. Chalmers · Analysis 1998 5,419
2 Naming and Necessity Saul A. Kripke Book chapter 1972 5,275
3 Some Philosophical Problems from the Standpoint of Artificial Intelligence John McCarthy, Patrick J. Hayes · Elsevier eBooks Book chapter 1981 3,307
4 New work for a theory of universals David Lewis · Australasian Journal of Philosophy Dec 1983 3,103
5 MATERIALISM AND QUALIA: THE EXPLANATORY GAP Joseph S. Levine · Pacific philosophical quarterly Oct 1983 2,124
All 98 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Philosophy and Theoretical Science research done?

The largest centres of Philosophy and Theoretical Science research in 2022-now are New York (United States), London (United Kingdom), Oxford (United Kingdom) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New YorkUnited States 59 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 59 works
  3. 3 OxfordUnited Kingdom 53 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 45 works
  5. 5 Los AngelesUnited States 43 works
  6. 6 TorontoCanada 43 works
  7. 7 BeijingChina 38 works
  8. 8 ViennaAustria 37 works
  9. 9 WarsawPoland 30 works
  10. 10 BerlinGermany 29 works
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Where is the best place to study Philosophy and Theoretical Science?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Oxford, Princeton University and Ruhr University Bochum score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 21.49%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Ruhr University BochumUniversity of Califo…Princeton UniversityUniversity of Oxford
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 83.318.3%11.9×50 +7.9%
2Princeton UniversityUnited States 77.520.8%13.3×18 +41.4%
3Ruhr University BochumGermany 76.733.0%14.0×17 +38.5%
4University of California, IrvineUnited States 69.930.4%9.7×18 +6.0%
5University of ViennaAustria 69.018.0%16.5×25 +29.6%
6New York UniversityUnited States 63.419.1%7.6×26 -28.1%
7University of St AndrewsUnited Kingdom 59.818.7%23.4×15 +10.5%
8University of GroningenNetherlands 59.433.3%4.3×9 +37.8%
9Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States 58.613.6%7.0×16 +9.9%
10University of LeedsUnited Kingdom 58.09.7%12.7×22 +5.9%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Philosophy and Theoretical Science, country by country

Is Philosophy and Theoretical Science research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Philosophy and Theoretical Science as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Philosophy and Theoretical Science0.014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Philosophy and Theoretical Science over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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