Academic success in America: analytic philosophy and the decline of Wittgenstein

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24 July 2021

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Academic success in America: analytic philosophy and the decline of Wittgenstein

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Table 1. 20th-century philosophers in the titles (1861-2015). Philosopher Occurrences Heidegger 499 Wittgenstein 321 Dewey 302 Whitehead 247 Husserl 227 Peirce 184 Sartre 167 James 157

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Table 2. 20th-century philosophers in the abstracts (1981-2010). Philosopher Occurrences Heidegger 2779 Wittgenstein 1376 Dewey 1241 Husserl 1059 Derrida 846 Foucault 842 Sartre 726 Peirce 718

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Table 3. Academic Success Index. Analytic philosophers: +35% with respect to Wittgenstein.

35,96

48,15

0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Wittg enst ein Anal ytic phi loso pher s

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Table 4. Academic Success Indexes of 5 groups of dissertations (abstracts, 1981-2010). 35,96 37,26 42,67 43,42 48,15 0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Witt genst ein Gada mer Sam ple Spin oza Anal ytic philo soph ers

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Table 5. Analytic philosophers: +35%.

28,52

38,39

0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Witt genst ein Anal ytic philo soph ers

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Table 6. Data disaggregated by periods of 5 years (non-normalized by age). 26,64 39,68 0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Witt genst ein Anal ytic 1981-1985 31,30 44,47 0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Witt genst ein Anal ytic 1986-1990 26,94 38,15 0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Witt genst ein Anal ytic 1991-1995 29,45 38,75 0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Witt genst ein Anal ytic 1996-2000 22,64 34,70 0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Witt genst ein Anal ytic 2001-2005 30,48 34,67 0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Witt genst ein Anal ytic 2006-2010

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Table 7. Wittgenstein: broad and narrow.

35,96

_33,91

0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Broa d W ittge nstei n Nar row Witt genst ein

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Table 8. Analytic Wittgenstein.

35,96

38,05

0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Witt genst ein Anal ytic Witt genst ein

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Table 9. Academic Success Index by university ranking. 32,49 44,55 0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Witt genst ein Anal ytic B-ranked universities (analytic: +37%) 34,31 42,74 0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Witt genst ein Anal ytic C-ranked universities (analytic: +24%) 39,19 50,73 0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Witt genst ein Analy tic A-ranked universities (analytic: +29%)

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Table 10. Academic Success Index: Wittgenstein and Frege/Russell (normalized by academic age, 1951-1980).

35,96

43,90

0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Witt genst ein Freg e/R uss ell

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Table 11. Academic Success Index: Wittgenstein and Frege/Russell (non-normalized by academic age, 1951-1980).

28,52

33,95

0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Witt genst ein Freg e/R uss ell

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Table 12. Academic Success Index: Wittgenstein and Heidegger (normalized by academic age).

35,96

41,89

0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Witt genst ein Heid egge r

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Table 13. Academic Success Index: Wittgenstein and Heidegger (non-normalized by academic age).

28,52

32,98

0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Witt genst ein Heid egge r

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Table 14. Academic Success Indexes and topics in philosophical dissertations.

Philosopher Academic Success Index _{philosophical theses}Occurrence in

Wittgenstein 35.70 74.43%

Gadamer 37.26 49.50%

Sample 42.67 67.57%

Spinoza 43.12 74.51%

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Table 15. Wittgenstein and analytic philosophy: metaphilosophical terms (abstracts, 1981-2010).

Wittgenstein Science-oriented

metaphilosophical terms Analytic

518 theory 946 314 account 564 276 problem 379 245 argument 499 164 claim 197 145 thesis 186 47 explanation 167 82 solution 150 52 objection 119 0 system 98 18 puzzle 89 58 result 89 58 conclusion 85 64 assumption 72 18 constraint 60 0 hypothesis 49 36 consequence 48 24 defense 44 18 requirement 38 0 attack 31 2137 TOT 3910

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Table 16. Percentage of dissertations in which ‘Wittgenstein’ occurs in the abstract (3 decades: 1981-2010).

Decades Wittgenstein theses /

overall PhD theses

1981-1990 2.79%

1991-2000 1.93%

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Table 17. Academic Success Indexes of 4 groups of dissertations (1951-1980). 34,72 _31,36 _32,95 29,48 0 12,5 25 37,5 50 Witt genst ein Spin oza Sam ple Anal ytic philo soph ers

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Table 18. Wittgenstein: Academic Success Index (non-normalized) and occurrences in titles of dissertations.

Decade Academic Success Index Occurrence in titles

1951-1960 55.00 0.19% 1961-1970 47.16 1.55% 1971-1980 28.55 1.85% 1981-1990 31.41 1.45% 1991-2000 23.66 1.30% 2001-2010 29.51 0.78%