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Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications

Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 7.8k research works in it since 1950. 16.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers revolves around the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, particularly focusing on language-games, ethics, education, certainty, religion, grammar, meaning, and contextualism. The papers explore Wittgenstein's influence on various philosophical domains and his unique approach to understanding language and human experience.

  • Wittgenstein
  • Philosophy
  • Language-Games
  • Ethics
  • Education
  • Certainty
  • Religion
  • Grammar
  • Meaning
  • Contextualism
Research works
7.8k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+20%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (211 and 106 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 211 works
  2. 2 Brazil 106 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 94 works
  4. 4 Germany 59 works
  5. 5 Spain 40 works
  6. 6 Italy 38 works
  7. 7 France 32 works
  8. 8 Canada 27 works
  9. 9 Finland 25 works
  10. 10 Austria 24 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: 32.2%Brazil: 16.2%United Kingdom: 14.3%Germany: 9.1%6 others listed: 28.2%32%largest
United States211 · 32.2%Brazil106 · 16.2%United Kingdom94 · 14.3%Germany59 · 9.1%6 others listed185 · 28.2%

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

Which institutions lead Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Helsinki publishes the most Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications research, followed by Universidade Estadual de Londrina and University of Oxford.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of HelsinkiFinland 12 works
  2. 2 Universidade Estadual de LondrinaBrazil 11 works
  3. 3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 10 works
  4. 4 University of ViennaAustria 10 works
  5. 5 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 9 works
  6. 6 University of California, IrvineUnited States 9 works
  7. 7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 8 works
  8. 8 Universidade Estadual do Centro-OesteBrazil 7 works
  9. 9 Åbo Akademi UniversityFinland 7 works
  10. 10 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications include Cass R. Sunstein and Ernest Gellner.

  1. 1 Cass R. Sunstein United States 2.5k citations
  2. 2 Ernest Gellner United Kingdom 1.8k citations

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

Where is Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications research done?

The largest centres of Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Paris (France), Madrid (Spain) and São Paulo (Brazil).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 17 works
  2. 2 Paris France 17 works
  3. 3 Madrid Spain 13 works
  4. 4 São Paulo Brazil 13 works
  5. 5 Vienna Austria 13 works
  6. 6 Helsinki Finland 13 works
  7. 7 New York United States 13 works
  8. 8 Londrina Brazil 11 works
  9. 9 Oxford United Kingdom 11 works
  10. 10 Toronto Canada 10 works
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Where is the best place to study Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications?

Among universities, judged by research, University of California, Irvine, University of Vienna 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%60%mean 20.5%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of California, Irvine: 9, 48.6%University of Vienna: 10, 37.2%University of Helsinki: 12, 11.6%Universidade Estadual de Londrina: 11, 9.0%University of Oxford: 10, 13.8%Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp): 9, 2.8%University of Califo…University of ViennaUniversity of HelsinkiUniversidade Estadua…
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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 University of California, IrvineUnited States 73.148.6%16.9×9 +450.0%
2 University of ViennaAustria 70.437.2%21.4×10 +86.7%
3 University of HelsinkiFinland 64.411.6%21.8×12 +44.1%
4 Universidade Estadual de LondrinaBrazil 57.39.0%56.3×11 +133.3%
5 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 34.313.8%9.0×10 +33.6%
6 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 27.62.8%11.6×9 -48.1%

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 Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications.

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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.