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The Birth of Moritz Sclick
Friedrich Albert Moritz Schlick was born on 14 April 1882 in the city of Berlin, Germany. -
Über die Reflexion des Lichts in einer inhomogenen Schicht ("On the Reflection of Light in a Non-Homogeneous Medium")
After studying physics under German physicist Max Planck at university, Schlick went on to earn a Ph.D with his dissertation essay Über die Reflexion des Lichts in einer inhomogenen Schicht ("On the Reflection of Light in a Non-Homogeneous Medium"). https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Moritz_Schlick#Schlick.27s_Enduring_Contribution -
Lebensweisheit ("The Wisdom of Life")
Moritz Schlick published Lebensweisheit ("The Wisdom of Life"). a eudaemonism, which is a theory about happiness being the highest ethical pursuit. https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Moritz_Schlick#Schlick.27s_Enduring_Contribution -
"The Nature of Truth in Modern Logic"
Another essay published by Moritz Schlick, reflected on his scientific training and introduces truth as an univocal designation. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/schlick/
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"The Boundaries of Scientific and Philosophical Concept-Formation"
In 1910 Moritz Schlick published "The Boundaries of Scientific and Philosophical Concept-Formation".
The Boundaries of Scientific and Philosophical Concept-Formation was Schlick's understanding of scientific thought that identify science as "the reduction of phenomena to relationships governed by law, thus exhibiting individual events as special cases of universal, exceptionless regularities." https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/schlick/ -
"Space and Time in Contemporary Physics" and "General Theory of Knowledge (1917-1919)
Space and Time in Contemporary Physics was relatively based off of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. Schlick stressed the implications of Einstein's work.
General Theory of Knowledge, Schlick explains how concepts are formed in clusters. Concepts represents the classes of objects and in term determinate traits. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/schlick/
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The Vienna Circle
In the early 1920s, Moritz Schlick founded The Vienna Circle. The Vienna Circle (or Wiener Kreis in German) was a group consisting of philosophers, scientists, mathematicians, and logicians who met once a week to discuss philosophical ideas of logical positivism. https://iep.utm.edu/viennacr/
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The Death of Moritz Schlick
At the age of 54 years old, Moritz Schlick was murdered by a former student on 22 June 1936. The murder occurred in Vienna, Austria as Schlick was going up the stairs to teach a lecture.