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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. 10.1% 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%
784
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-6%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications

Which countries lead Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (270 and 114 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 270 works
  2. 2 Brazil 114 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 112 works
  4. 4 Germany 78 works
  5. 5 Spain 44 works
  6. 6 Italy 43 works
  7. 7 France 36 works
  8. 8 Canada 32 works
  9. 9 China 28 works
  10. 10 Finland 27 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: 34.5%Brazil: 14.5%United Kingdom: 14.3%Germany: 9.9%6 others listed: 26.7%34%largest
United States270 · 34.5%Brazil114 · 14.5%United Kingdom112 · 14.3%Germany78 · 9.9%6 others listed209 · 26.7%

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

Which institutions lead Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications research?

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

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of HelsinkiFinland 13 works
  2. 2 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 12 works
  3. 3 Universidade Estadual de LondrinaBrazil 11 works
  4. 4 University of ViennaAustria 10 works
  5. 5 University of California, IrvineUnited States 9 works
  6. 6 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 9 works
  7. 7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 9 works
  8. 8 Åbo Akademi UniversityFinland 9 works
  9. 9 University of BergenNorway 8 works
  10. 10 Universidade Estadual do Centro-OesteBrazil 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications include Michel Foucault, Noam Chomsky and Joseph Wang.

  1. 1 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  2. 2 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  3. 3 Joseph Wang United States 141k citations
  4. 4 Norman K. Denzin United States 130k 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 Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications?

The most cited paper in Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications is "Logic and Conversation" (H. P. Grice, 1975), with 20,658 citations. Next come "Chapman and Hall" (4,367) and "Epiphenomenal Qualia" (2,253).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Logic and Conversation H. P. Grice Book chapter 12 Dec 1975 20,658
2 Chapman and Hall Anne Lohrli · Notes and Queries Sep 1985 4,367
3 Epiphenomenal Qualia Frank Jackson · The Philosophical Quarterly Apr 1982 2,253
4 Philosophische Untersuchungen Joachim Schulte · J.B. Metzler eBooks Book chapter 2022 1,348
5 Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics. G. D. Duthie, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Georg Henrik von Wright et al. · The Philosophical Quarterly Oct 1957 1,234
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Where is Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications research done?

The largest centres of Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Paris (France), New York (United States) and São Paulo (Brazil).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 22 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 18 works
  3. 3 New YorkUnited States 15 works
  4. 4 São PauloBrazil 14 works
  5. 5 MadridSpain 14 works
  6. 6 HelsinkiFinland 14 works
  7. 7 ViennaAustria 14 works
  8. 8 OxfordUnited Kingdom 12 works
  9. 9 LondrinaBrazil 12 works
  10. 10 ChicagoUnited States 11 works
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Where is the best place to study Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Oxford, University of Helsinki and University of California, Irvine 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.

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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 70.317.6%8.5×12 +31.1%
2University of HelsinkiFinland 69.311.2%18.1×12 +13.1%
3University of California, IrvineUnited States 67.339.5%15.0×9 +52.9%
4University of ViennaAustria 55.917.5%20.0×10 +186.7%
5Universidade Estadual de LondrinaBrazil 42.11.4%55.0×11 +54.7%
6University College LondonUnited Kingdom 33.210.3%5.6×9 +32.1%
7Åbo Akademi UniversityFinland 33.212.4%97.5×9 -3.0%
8Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 19.80.9%10.9×9 -

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 Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications, country by country

Is Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2019.

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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 Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0037% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications 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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