Is–ought problem

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Is–ought problem

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Is–ought problem - philosophical problem articulated by David Hume in 1739 about how one can deduce prescriptive statements (what ought to be) from descriptive statements (what is). Article "Is–ought problem" in English Wikipedia has 47.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 29 references and 15 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

Since the creation of article "Is–ought problem", its content was written by 228 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 613 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 147 times in English Wikipedia and cited 722 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #8985 in November 2003
  • Global: #21179 in November 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #55381 in February 2022
  • Global: #30164 in August 2012

There are 22 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Is–ought problem
47.5516
2Esperanto (eo)
La problemo de estas kaj devus esti
38.8843
3Latin (la)
Lex Humiana
33.3548
4Chinese (zh)
休謨問題
27.2382
5Japanese (ja)
ヒュームの法則
26.9506
6Armenian (hy)
Հյումի սկզբունք
26.6336
7Russian (ru)
Принцип Юма
25.6634
8Italian (it)
Legge di Hume
19.1089
9Ukrainian (uk)
Закон Юма
18.9725
10Finnish (fi)
Humen giljotiini
17.983
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Is–ought problem" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Is–ought problem
2 557 302
2Spanish (es)
Problema del ser y el deber ser
1 272 807
3German (de)
Humes Gesetz
318 581
4Russian (ru)
Принцип Юма
208 917
5Finnish (fi)
Humen giljotiini
148 007
6Italian (it)
Legge di Hume
133 161
7Japanese (ja)
ヒュームの法則
128 630
8Polish (pl)
Gilotyna Hume’a
106 373
9French (fr)
Loi de Hume
101 116
10Portuguese (pt)
Lei de Hume
92 660
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Is–ought problem" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Is–ought problem
11 239
2Russian (ru)
Принцип Юма
1 082
3Japanese (ja)
ヒュームの法則
910
4German (de)
Humes Gesetz
871
5Chinese (zh)
休謨問題
838
6Spanish (es)
Problema del ser y el deber ser
677
7French (fr)
Loi de Hume
568
8Italian (it)
Legge di Hume
409
9Finnish (fi)
Humen giljotiini
309
10Polish (pl)
Gilotyna Hume’a
307
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Is–ought problem" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Is–ought problem
228
2German (de)
Humes Gesetz
62
3Hebrew (he)
בעיית הראוי-מצוי
42
4Spanish (es)
Problema del ser y el deber ser
40
5French (fr)
Loi de Hume
39
6Finnish (fi)
Humen giljotiini
33
7Italian (it)
Legge di Hume
23
8Norwegian (no)
Er/bør-problemet
22
9Russian (ru)
Принцип Юма
22
10Japanese (ja)
ヒュームの法則
20
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Is–ought problem" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Japanese (ja)
ヒュームの法則
2
2German (de)
Humes Gesetz
1
3Danish (da)
Naturalistisk fejlslutning
0
4English (en)
Is–ought problem
0
5Esperanto (eo)
La problemo de estas kaj devus esti
0
6Spanish (es)
Problema del ser y el deber ser
0
7Finnish (fi)
Humen giljotiini
0
8French (fr)
Loi de Hume
0
9Hebrew (he)
בעיית הראוי-מצוי
0
10Armenian (hy)
Հյումի սկզբունք
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Is–ought problem" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Hebrew (he)
בעיית הראוי-מצוי
234
2English (en)
Is–ought problem
147
3German (de)
Humes Gesetz
52
4Armenian (hy)
Հյումի սկզբունք
51
5Spanish (es)
Problema del ser y el deber ser
44
6Japanese (ja)
ヒュームの法則
26
7Finnish (fi)
Humen giljotiini
25
8Portuguese (pt)
Lei de Hume
22
9French (fr)
Loi de Hume
21
10Italian (it)
Legge di Hume
18
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Scores

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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
daDanish
Naturalistisk fejlslutning
deGerman
Humes Gesetz
enEnglish
Is–ought problem
eoEsperanto
La problemo de estas kaj devus esti
esSpanish
Problema del ser y el deber ser
fiFinnish
Humen giljotiini
frFrench
Loi de Hume
heHebrew
בעיית הראוי-מצוי
hyArmenian
Հյումի սկզբունք
idIndonesian
Masalah adalah–seharusnya
itItalian
Legge di Hume
jaJapanese
ヒュームの法則
laLatin
Lex Humiana
ltLithuanian
Hjumo giljotina
noNorwegian
Er/bør-problemet
plPolish
Gilotyna Hume’a
ptPortuguese
Lei de Hume
ruRussian
Принцип Юма
trTurkish
Olan-olması gereken sorunu
ukUkrainian
Закон Юма
urUrdu
ہے–چاہئے کا مسئلہ
zhChinese
休謨問題

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#55381
02.2022
Global:
#30164
08.2012

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#8985
11.2003
Global:
#21179
11.2003

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Is–ought problem from Wikipedia articles about David Hume, Naturalistic fallacy, Philosophical razor, Fact–value distinction and Ayn Rand. Whereas reading the article about Is–ought problem people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Fact–value distinction, David Hume, Naturalistic fallacy, Humes fork and Open-question argument.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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