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Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education

Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 8.2k research works in it since 1950. 24.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the philosophical implications of pragmatism, with a focus on the works of Dewey, Peirce, and Rorty. It delves into topics such as democracy, semiotics, education, truth, and feminism within the framework of pragmatist philosophy.

  • Pragmatism
  • Philosophy
  • Dewey
  • Peirce
  • Democracy
  • Semiotics
  • Education
  • Rorty
  • Truth
  • Feminism
Research works
8.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
24.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-2%
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Which countries lead Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (307 and 83 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 307 works
  2. 2 Brazil 83 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 60 works
  4. 4 Germany 56 works
  5. 5 Italy 46 works
  6. 6 Canada 44 works
  7. 7 China 30 works
  8. 8 France 27 works
  9. 9 Spain 22 works
  10. 10 Poland 18 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: 44.4%Brazil: 12.0%United Kingdom: 8.7%Germany: 8.0%6 others listed: 26.9%44%largest
United States307 · 44.4%Brazil83 · 12.0%United Kingdom60 · 8.7%Germany56 · 8.0%6 others listed186 · 26.9%

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

Which institutions lead Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo publishes the most Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education research, followed by University of Helsinki and University of Bologna.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloBrazil 20 works
  2. 2 University of HelsinkiFinland 11 works
  3. 3 University of BolognaItaly 10 works
  4. 4 University of TorontoCanada 9 works
  5. 5 Film IndependentUnited States 8 works
  6. 6 York UniversityCanada 5 works
  7. 7 University of ChicagoUnited States 5 works
  8. 8 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 4 works
  9. 9 University of Notre DameUnited States 4 works
  10. 10 University of MilanItaly 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education include Richard A. Posner.

  1. 1 Richard A. Posner United States 1.9k citations

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

Where is Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education research done?

The largest centres of Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), New York (United States), Toronto (Canada) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in São Paulo and New York.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 29 works
  2. 2 New York United States 20 works
  3. 3 Toronto Canada 16 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 14 works
  5. 5 Helsinki Finland 11 works
  6. 6 Paris France 11 works
  7. 7 Bologna Italy 10 works
  8. 8 Beijing China 10 works
  9. 9 Washington D.C. United States 9 works
  10. 10 Los Angeles United States 9 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. São PauloBR · 28.5 works5.3×
  2. New YorkUS · 20.1 works3.3×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education?

Among universities, judged by research, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, University of Bologna and University of Helsinki 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 25.75%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo: 20, 31.5%University of Bologna: 10, 31.0%University of Helsinki: 11, 20.3%University of Toronto: 9, 20.2%Pontifícia Universid…University of BolognaUniversity of HelsinkiUniversity of Toronto
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloBrazil 81.531.5%108.5×20 +51.9%
2 University of BolognaItaly 77.231.0%13.4×10 +128.7%
3 University of HelsinkiFinland 38.920.3%20.7×11 -7.5%
4 University of TorontoCanada 14.920.2%7.3×9 +36.8%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2016. The fastest-growing topics are Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education.

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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.