Alois Pichler is professor in philosophy at the Department of Philosophy and head of the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen (WAB, http://wab.uib.no/). His research has a particular focus on Wittgenstein's work and philosophy, digital editorial philology, writing and text theory, document ontology, Digital humanities. According to Google Scholar (25.6.2024), his citation impact h-index is 14 and his citation impact i10-index is 20.

For publications and talks see https://wab.uib.no/alois_papers.page og https://wab.uib.no/alois_presents.page. For a CV see https://wab.uib.no/alois_cv-engl.page.

See http://wab.uib.no/alois_presents.page

At the University of Bergen, Alois Pichler mainly gives classes in Examen Philosophicum and Wittgenstein’s philosophy. He has had a number of Erasmus and summer school teaching assignments in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Poland. In April 2017, he has been a guest professor at the University of Innsbruck and taught there classes in Wittgenstein, digital editorial philology and text theory / ontology. In January 2022, he has been a guest professor at the University of Innsbruck and taught there a class on Wittgenstein.

Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

• Ramharter, Esther; Pichler, Alois; Stadler, Friedrich (2025). 100 Years of Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus - 70 Years after Wittgenstein's Death: Proceedings of the 44th International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois; Säätelä, Simo T S (2005). Wittgenstein: The Philosopher and his Works. (external link)

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

• Gangopadhyay, Nivedita; Grève, Sebastian Sunday; Pichler, Alois (2023). A Complex Philosophical Oeuvre and Its Complex User Community: Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future Digitisation of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Writings. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2022). Überlieferung. Editionsgeschichte. Zugangsmöglichkeiten. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2021). Complementing Static Scholarly Editions with Dynamic Research Platforms: Interactive Dynamic Presentation (IDP) and Semantic Faceted Search and Browsing (SFB) for the Wittgenstein Nachlass. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2020). Uma tipologia da escrita de alternativas de Wittgenstein. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2019). Wittgenstein in (Self-)Translation. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2018). Wittgenstein on understanding: language, calculus and practice. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois; Fink, Florian; Hadersbeck, Max et al. (2014). Wittgenstein's Nachlass: WiTTFind and Wittgenstein advanced search tools (WAST). (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2005). Wittgenstein's Nachlass: Situating the Bergen Electronic Edition. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (1992). Wittgenstein's Later Manuscripts: Some remarks on Style and Writing. (external link)

Academic article

• Pichler, Alois; Fielding, James Matthew; Gangopadhyay, Nivedita et al. (2021). Crisscross ontology: Mapping concept dynamics, competing argument and multiperspectival knowledge in philosophy. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2020). A Typology of the Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Writing of Text Alternatives. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2018). Ludwig Wittgenstein: A report of two dreams from October 1942 (Ms -126, 21 –26). (external link)
• Pichler, Alois; Biggs, Michael; Szeltner, Sarah (2011). Bibliographie der deutsch- und englischsprachigen Wittgenstein-Ausgaben. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (1993). Wittgensteins Nachla@s. (external link)

Academic lecture

• Pichler, Alois (2020). CLARINO+ Optimization of Wittgenstein Research Tools. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2017). From the scholarly edition to research platforms. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2017). The Wittgenstein Nachlass and Nachlass research tools. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2017). The Wittgenstein Nachlass Online: Edition(s) and Research Possibilities. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2016). What is Text?. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2014). Paratext in editing Wittgenstein's writings. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2013). Linked data: metadata-ekstrahering og ontologigenerering ved Wittgensteinarkivet. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2013). Wittgenstein's writing strategies and the role of the example in his philosophy. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois; Smith, Deirdre C.P. (2009). DISCOVERY and Wittgenstein Source. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2008). e-Research Infrastructures in the Humanities. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2007). Wittgenstein Source. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2006). Scholarly electronic editing and the principle of separating representation from presentation. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2006). On therapy and style in the PI, and what the Nachlass has to do with it / Terapia a styl w Dociekaniach filozoficznych Wittgensteina i wpływ rękopiśmiennej spuścizny [Nachlass] na interpretację Dociekań. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2006). Perspectives on future electronic scholarly publishing and its implications, with the work of the Wittgenstein Archives as an example / Bergen Electronic Edition w kontekście innych standardowych wydań filozoficznej spuścizny Wittgensteina. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2005). Outline of an argument for a therapeutic reading of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2005). On the reception of the Bergen Electronic Edition. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2004). Outline of an argument for a therapeutic reading of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2004). On Wittgenstein and the Bergen Wittgenstein Archives. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2003). A polyphonic reading of PI: §§1-18. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2003). On the genesis and character of Part I of the Philosophical Investigations. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2003). Why is Philosophical Investigations not PI:§§1-188 plus RFM: Part 1?. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2002). Den elektroniske utgivelsen av Wittgensteins Nachlass. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2001). Drei Thesen zu der Entstehung und Eigenart der Philosophischen Untersuchungen: Fragment, Album, Polyphonie. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2001). 5 Thesen zu der Entstehung und Eigenart der Philosophischen Untersuchungen. (external link)

Lecture

• Pichler, Alois (2016). Podiumsdiskussion mit Walter Fanta (Klagenfurt), Max Hadersbeck (München), Herbert Hrachovec (Wien), Allan Janik (Innsbruck), Peter Keicher (Wien), Volker Munz (Klagenfurt), Michael Nedo (Cambridge), Martin Pilch (Wien), Nuno Venturinha (Lissabon), Joseph Wang (Innsbruck). Moderation: Alfred Schmidt (Wien).. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2016). Podiumsdiskussion mit Max Hadersbeck (München), Allan Janik (Innsbruck), Michael Nedo (Cambridge), Nuno Venturinha (Lissabon). Moderation: Herbert Hrachovec (Wien).. (external link)
• Pichler, Alois (2006). Wittgenstein - liv og filosofi. (external link)

Book review

• Pichler, Alois (2016). Mauro Engelmann, Wittgenstein's Philosophical Development: Phenomenology, Grammar, Method, and the Anthropological View. (external link)

Popular scientific article

• Pichler, Alois (2013). En mer rettferdig måte å publisere forskning på. (external link)

Feature article

• Lanestedt, Gjermund; Pichler, Alois (2007). Tilgang til forskningsresultater. (external link)

Report

• Biggs, Michael; Pichler, Alois (1993). Wittgenstein: Two Scource Catalogues and a Bibliography. Catalogues of the Published Texts and of the Published Diagrams, each Related to its Sources. Part 1: A Source Catalogue of the Published Texts (A. Pichler). Part 2: A Source Catalogue of the Published Diagrams (M. Biggs). Bibliography (M. Biggs and A. Pichler). (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen (WAB, http://wab.uib.no/)

See also https://wab.uib.no/wab_R&D.page and https://wab.uib.no/alois_cv-engl.page