Most cited papers in Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications
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).
Showing 50 of 97 papers. Every paper with more than 120 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Logic and Conversation H. P. Grice | 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 | 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 |
| 6 | THE THEORY OF INFILTRATION J. R. Philip · Soil Science | Sep 1957 | 1,228 |
| 7 | III.—ON REFERRING Peter Frederick Strawson · Mind | 1950 | 1,227 |
| 8 | The Claim of Reason: Wittgenstein, Skepticism, Morality, and Tragedy D. S. Mannison, Lloyd Reinhardt · Philosophical Investigations | Jul 1982 | 1,021 |
| 9 | Philosophy of Mathematics Education Bronisław Czarnocha, María Aparecida Viggiani Bicudo, Paul H Ernest | Jun 2024 | 877 |
| 10 | Comments on Part I: Psychological essentialism Douglas L. Medin, Andrew Ortony · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 28 Jul 1989 | 670 |
| 11 | I. DEONTIC LOGIC G. H. VON WRIGHT · Mind | 1951 | 601 |
| 12 | Paul Grice and the philosophy of language Stephen Neale · Linguistics and Philosophy | Oct 1992 | 576 |
| 13 | Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. The German Text of Ludwig Wittgenstein's Logisch-philosophische Abhandlung with a new Translation by D. F. Pears and B. F. McGuinness and with the Introduction by Bertrand Russell, F. R. S. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. Canada: British Book Service. Pp. xxii + 166. $4.00. Hans Eichner · Dialogue | Sep 1962 | 563 |
| 14 | Lectures and Conversations on Aesthetics, Psychology and Religious Belief Monroe Curtis Beardsley, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Cyril Barrett · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism | 1968 | 467 |
| 15 | Philosophy of Mathematics Education Andrew A. Davis · Journal of Philosophy of Education | Jul 1992 | 459 |
| 16 | The Project Method (1918) William Heard Kilpatrick · Schools | Mar 2020 | 430 |
| 17 | Love's Knowledge: Essays on Philosophy and Literature Carl Elliott · Philosophical Books | Jul 1992 | 428 |
| 18 | Epistemological Pluralism and the Revaluation of the Concrete. Sherry Turkle, Seymour A. Papert · The Journal of Mathematical Behavior | 1992 | 428 |
| 19 | The Philosophical Investigations Mauro Luiz Engelmann · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks | 2013 | 420 |
| 20 | On Rheme and Kontrast Enric Vallduví, Maria Vilkuna | 26 Dec 1998 | 392 |
| 21 | Further Notes on Logic and Conversation H. Paul Grice | 20 Dec 1978 | 380 |
| 22 | Philosophy and Connectionist Theory Kenneth Aizawa · Mind & Language | Sep 1992 | 359 |
| 23 | The Singularity of Literature Derek Attridge · Oxford University Press eBooks | Mar 2015 | 358 |
| 24 | Realism, Deweyan Pragmatism, and Educational Research Jim Garrison · Educational Researcher | 1994 | 353 |
| 25 | V.—THE CONCEPTS OF OBLIGATION AND DUTY R. B. Brandt · Mind | 1964 | 313 |
| 26 | Against structural universals David E. Lewis · Australasian Journal of Philosophy | Mar 1986 | 309 |
| 27 | Counterfactuals and Comparative Possibility David Lewis | 1975 | 285 |
| 28 | A Progress of Sentiments. Reflections on Hume's Treatise. Peter M. Jones, Annette C. Baier · The Philosophical Quarterly | 1993 | 281 |
| 29 | Michael Tooley, Time, Tense and Causation Daniel Nolan · Erkenntnis | 1999 | 269 |
| 30 | Wittgenstein ‐ Understanding and Meaning. Henry Le Roy Finch · Philosophical Books | Jul 1981 | 252 |
| 31 | On Being in the World: Wittgenstein and Heidegger on Seeing Aspects Colin Lyas · Philosophical Books | Apr 1991 | 233 |
| 32 | WITTGENSTEIN AND ANTHROPOLOGY Veena Das · Annual Review of Anthropology | Oct 1998 | 232 |
| 33 | Must We Mean What We Say?: A Book of Essays Stanley Cavell | 1976 | 230 |
| 34 | Communicative action and philosophical foundations Marianna Papastephanou · Philosophy & Social Criticism | Jul 1997 | 222 |
| 35 | Scepticism and Dreaming: Imploding the Demon Crispin Wright · Mind | 1991 | 221 |
| 36 | Desire as Belief II David Lewis · Mind | Apr 1996 | 219 |
| 37 | Wittgenstein: Rules, Grammar and Necessity. Peter Carruthers, G. P. Baker, Peter M. S. Hacker · The Philosophical Quarterly | 1988 | 217 |
| 38 | Tarski on truth and logical consequence John Etchemendy · Journal of Symbolic Logic | Mar 1988 | 215 |
| 39 | The Unconscious as Infinite Sets Karl H. Pribram · The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease | Sep 1978 | 211 |
| 40 | Lesbian ethics Sarah Lucia Hoagland · Women s Studies International Forum | 1988 | 210 |
| 41 | Wittgenstein on Meaning and Use James B. Conant · Philosophical Investigations | Jul 1998 | 204 |
| 42 | Literalism and Contextualism: Some Varieties François Récanati | 11 Aug 2005 | 203 |
| 43 | Demystifying Threshold Concepts Darrell P. Rowbottom · Journal of Philosophy of Education | May 2007 | 200 |
| 44 | Powerful Qualities, Not Pure Powers Jonathan D. Jacobs · The Monist | 2011 | 197 |
| 45 | Towards a ‘notional’ theory of the ‘parts of speech’ John Coriden Lyons · Journal of Linguistics | Oct 1966 | 190 |
| 46 | The ‘Truth’ in Solipsism, and Wittgenstein's Rejection of the A Priori Peter M. Sullivan · European Journal of Philosophy | Aug 1996 | 187 |
| 47 | Readings and Feelings: An Introduction to Subjective Criticism Forest Hansen, David Bleich · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism | 1975 | 186 |
| 48 | 'I am not here now' Stefano Predelli · Analysis | Apr 1998 | 185 |
| 49 | Judgments and explanations as criteria for the presence of cognitive structures. Charles J. Brainerd · Psychological Bulletin | Mar 1973 | 184 |
| 50 | Weakness of will Francis Jackson · Mind | 1984 | 183 |
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