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58
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World Ranking
1606
National Ranking
293

Overview

Ludwig Wittgenstein was affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and made contributions primarily within the Arts and Humanities, focusing on Philosophy. Their research activity included a significant focus on Wittgensteinian philosophy and its applications, covering numerous publications across these thematic areas.

Their recent scholarly output includes key papers such as Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus published in 2023 in the Nordic Wittgenstein Review, and Index, published in 2022 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks. These papers contributed to ongoing discourse in the philosophical community, with the former paper receiving a notable number of citations.

Publication venues with which Wittgenstein frequently engaged include:

  • Nordic Wittgenstein Review
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks

Wittgenstein's book publications were disseminated through multiple publishers. Notably, Horle Books published four titles in 2022, among them Investigações Filosóficas, Observações Sobre o Ramo de Ouro de Frazer, Observações sobre os Fundamentos da Matemática, and Wittgenstein e o Círculo de Viena. Anthem Press eBooks released two works in 2021: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and Logisch-philosophische Abhandlung: die Hundertjahrsausgabe. Other publishers included Oxford University Press with a 2023 edition of Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, BiblioBoard Library Catalog (Open Research Library) with The Mythology in Our Language: Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough in 2020, and Groupe Flammarion with Lettres à sa famille in 2021.

Among the main topics of Wittgenstein's work were:

  • Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications

There are no records of frequent co-authors associated with their publications. Wittgenstein's corpus reflects a focus on philosophical inquiry presented through both articles and books, contributing to 9 notable publications in Philosophy under the broader category of Arts and Humanities.

Ludwig Wittgenstein was deceased at the time of reporting, with their academic contributions remaining part of philosophical scholarship.

Best Publications

  • Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

    Ludwig Wittgenstein

  • The Blue and Brown Books

    Ludwig Wittgenstein

  • Culture and Value

    Ludwig Wittgenstein;Heikki Nymam;Peter Winch

  • Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics

    Ludwig Wittgenstein

  • Philosophische Untersuchungen = Philosophical investigations

    Ludwig Wittgenstein;G. E. M. Anscombe;P. M. S. Hacker;Joachim Schulte

  • Remarks on the philosophy of psychology

    Ludwig Wittgenstein

  • Philosophical Occasions: 1912-1951

    Ludwig Wittgenstein;James C. Klagge;Alfred Nordmann

  • Culture and Value: A Selection from the Posthumous Remains

    Ludwig Wittgenstein;Heikki Nyman;Alois Pichler

  • Lectures and Conversations on Aesthetics, Psychology, and Religious Belief

    Ludwig Wittgenstein;Cyril Barrett

  • I: A Lecture on Ethics

    Ludwig Wittgenstein

  • Notebooks, 1914-1916

    Ludwig Wittgenstein

  • Lecture on Ethics

    Ludwig Wittgenstein

  • Logisch-Philosophische Abhandlung

    L. Wittgenstein

  • Last writings on the philosophy of psychology

    Ludwig Wittgenstein

  • Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics.

    G. D. Duthie;Ludwig Wittgenstein;R. Rhees

  • Philosophical investigations = Philosophische Untersuchungen

    Ludwig Wittgenstein

  • Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough

    Ludwig Wittgenstein;Rush Rhees

  • Philosophical Remarks

    Unknown

  • Some Remarks on Logical Form

    L. Wittgenstein

  • Preliminary studies for the 'Philosophical investigations',: Generally known as the Blue and Brown books

    Ludwig Wittgenstein

  • Tractatus logico-philosophicus : Logisch-philosophische Abhandlung

    Ludwig Wittgenstein

  • Wittgenstein's lectures, Cambridge, 1932-1935

    Ludwig Wittgenstein

  • Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: The German Text of Ludwig Wittgenstein's Logisch-philosophische Abhandlung

    Ludwig Wittgenstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell Queen's University
Anthony Kenny
Anthony Kenny University of Oxford
Peter J. Winch
Peter J. Winch Johns Hopkins University
Peter M. S. Hacker
Peter M. S. Hacker University of Oxford
William James
William James Harvard University
Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger Philipp University of Marburg
John Harris
John Harris Newcastle University
John Dewey
John Dewey Columbia University

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