Moritz Schlick 1882-1936

Birth

Apr 14, 1882

Born in Berlin 1882

Doctor of Philosophy

Period: Jan 1, 1904 to Dec 31, 1904

Moritz Schlick received his Ph.D from the University of Berlin in physics.

The Boundaries of Scientific and Philosophical Concept-Formation

Jan 1, 1910

Schlick's most important work that explained sciences as the act of defining events by the overall governing laws that defined the event. Ground breaking work that helped simplify events as universal.

Logical Positivism

Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Dec 31, 1929

The Vienna Circle was a group of philosophers who were attempting to understand human behavior in the 1920s. These ideas centered around the idea that only scientific facts were of any merit, if it was not settled in science it could not be factual.
Short video, Logical Positivism

Death- June 22 1936

Jun 22, 1936

Schlick was murdered by a former student for reasons unknown. The student had been institutionalized and was known to threaten Schlick. In 1936 he shot Schlick four times causing his death.