Moritz Schlick

Moritz Schlick
Moritz Schlick
	Moritz Schlick around 1930
Born	Friedrich Albert Moritz Schlick; 14 April 1882; Berlin, German Empire
Died	22 June 1936 (aged 54); Vienna, Austria
Education
Education	University of Heidelberg; University of Lausanne; University of Berlin (PhD, 1904); University of Rostock (Dr. phil. hab., 1910)
Theses	Über die Reflexion des Lichts in einer inhomogenen Schicht (On the Reflection of Light in a Non-Homogeneous Medium) (1904); Das Wesen der Wahrheit nach der modernen Logik (The Nature of Truth According to Modern Logic) (1910);
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/;^[4] German: [ʃlɪk] ^ⓘ; 14 April 1882 – 22 June 1936) was a German philosopher, physicist, and the founding father of logical positivism and the Vienna Circle.

^ Ted Poston, "Foundationalism" (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
^ Hans Günther Ruß, Wissenschaftstheorie, Erkenntnistheorie und die Suche nach Wahrheit. Stuttgart, Kohlhammer Verlag 2004, p. 71.
^ Thomas Oberdan, Protocols, Truth and Convention, Rodopi, 1993, p. 110.
^ "Schlick". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins.

Moritz Schlick
Moritz Schlick around 1930
Born	Friedrich Albert Moritz Schlick 14 April 1882 Berlin, German Empire
Died	22 June 1936(1936-06-22) (aged 54) Vienna, Austria

Education
Education	University of Heidelberg University of Lausanne University of Berlin (PhD, 1904) University of Rostock (Dr. phil. hab., 1910)
Theses	Über die Reflexion des Lichts in einer inhomogenen Schicht (On the Reflection of Light in a Non-Homogeneous Medium) (1904) Das Wesen der Wahrheit nach der modernen Logik (The Nature of Truth According to Modern Logic) (1910)
Doctoral advisor	Max Planck
Philosophical work
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy Vienna Circle Logical positivism Foundationalism^[1]
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)^[2] Internal and application rules of grammar^[3]