Moritz Schlick
Moritz Schlick | |
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Moritz Schlick around 1930 | |
| Born | Friedrich Albert Moritz Schlick 14 April 1882 |
| Died | 22 June 1936 (aged 54) |
| Education | |
| Education | University of Heidelberg University of Lausanne University of Berlin (PhD, 1904) University of Rostock (Dr. phil. hab., 1910) |
| Theses | |
| Doctoral advisor | Max Planck |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy Vienna Circle Logical positivism Foundationalism |
| Institutions | University of Rostock University of Kiel University of Vienna |
| Doctoral students | Rudolf Carnap Karl Popper |
| Main interests | Logic, philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, ethics |
| Notable ideas | General theory of knowledge Beobachtungssatz (observational statement) Internal and application rules of grammar |
Friedrich Albert Moritz Schlick (/ʃlɪk/; German: [ʃlɪk] ⓘ; 14 April 1882 – 22 June 1936) was a German philosopher, physicist, and the founding father of logical positivism and the Vienna Circle. He was murdered by a former student, Johann Nelböck, in 1936.