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	University of Heidelberg; University of Lausanne; University of Berlin (PhD, 1904); University of Rostock (Dr. phil. hab., 1910)
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy; Vienna Circle; Logical positivism; Foundationalism
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
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.

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