On Certainty

essay by Ludwig Wittgenstein
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On Certainty

Summary

On Certainty is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (80 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • On Certainty authored Ludwig Wittgenstein[3].
  • On Certainty's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • On Certainty's publisher is recorded as Basil Blackwell[5].
  • On Certainty's genre is recorded as essay[6].
  • On Certainty's language of work or name is recorded as German[7].
  • On Certainty's country of origin is recorded as England[8].
  • On Certainty's publication date is recorded as +1969-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • On Certainty's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ctbv4[10].
  • On Certainty's Open Library ID is recorded as OL1410350W[11].
  • On Certainty's main subject is recorded as ordinary language philosophy[12].
  • On Certainty's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 25202[13].
  • On Certainty's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/On-Certainty[14].
  • On Certainty's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Über Gewißheit'}[15].

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Designation and Status

On Certainty's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

On Certainty ranks in the top 6% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (80 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). On Certainty. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/on-certainty
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_on-certainty_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{On Certainty}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/on-certainty}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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