Moritz Schlick (Born April 14, 1882 - Died June 22, 1936)

Birth

Apr 14, 1882

Moritz Schlick was born on April 14th, 1882 in Berlin, Germany. (Brittanica)

University of Rostock

1911

After attaining his Ph.D, Schlick wrote Das Wesen der Wahrheit nach der modernen Logik (“The Nature of Truth According to Modern Logic”). This helped him secure a teaching position at University of Rostock. (Britannica)

Space and Time in Contemporary Physics

1917

Published Space and Time in Contemporary Physics, which was highly praised by Einstein. This publication was an introduction to the physics of Relativity.

University of Vienna

1922

Moritz was appointed the chair of Naturphilosophie. This is where his collaboration with other philosophers began. What became the Vienna Circle, started at the University of Vienna in the early 1920s, but did not flourish until 1930. (Oberdan)

Vienna Circle

1930

"The Vienna Circle was a group of early twentieth-century philosophers who sought to reconceptualize empiricism by means of their interpretation of then recent advances in the physical and formal sciences." (Uebel). Moritz was the leader of the Vienna circle which included philosophers, Hans Hahn, Philipp Frank, Otto Neurath, Rudolf Carnap, Herbert Feigl, Richard von Mises, Karl Menger, Kurt Gödel, Friedrich Waismann, Felix Kaufmann, Viktor Kraft and Edgar Zilsel. (Britannica).

Death

Jun 22, 1936

Moritz Schlick was shot and killed by a student.