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Moritz Schlick was born
Moritz Schlick was born on April 14th, 1882. He was born to a middle class family and studied physics. -
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Moritz Schlick
Moritz Schlick was a physicist and philosopher from Germany. He was born April 14th, 1882 and he was assassinated in 1936. -
Received his Phd
Moritz Schlick earned his Phd in physics studying under Max Planck who was most known for Planck's constant. -
Published "Space and Time in Contemporary Physics"
Before creating the Vienna circle Moritz was already an established philosopher. He published "Space and Time in Contemporary Physics". This was Schlick's philosophical take on the physics of the theory of relativity. This was very praised and accepted in the scientific community and even commended by Einstein. Photo reference: https://www.amazon.com/Space-Time-Contemporary-Physics-Introduction/dp/0486442837 -
Vienna circle
The Vienna circle was founded by Moritz Schlick which was a group of philosophers and scientists alike that would discuss anything scientific, mathematic, or philosophical. Photo Reference:
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Vienna circle's logic positivism
The Vienna circle was known for creating the idea of logic positivism. Logic positivism ,also called Logic empiricism, was a new way of thinking about philosophy. It relies very heavily on verification to make philosophy scientific. For instance, if a question can not be proven wrong then it is not a valid question. A short video that explains logic positivism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdSzJdQhCiQ&ab_channel=AeonVideo -
The rise of a great mind
In the 1930's Schlick had just started to deepen his intellectual mind as he started gaining in popularity and was able to speak to many intellectuals. He taught lectures in London, Stanford, and other universities. -
Schlick was killed
Schlick was assassinated by a Nazi in 06/22/1936. After his death, Schlick was known as the father of logic positivism. -
Reference to Schlick's work
Schlick, Moritz. “Space and Time in Contemporary Physics.” Google Books, Google, 2007, www.google.com/books/edition/Space_and_Time_in_Contemporary_Physics/vjpMAAAAMAAJ?hl=en.
Schlick, M. General Theory of Knowledge. Springer Verlag Gmbh, 2013.
