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Moritz Schlick

Moritz Schlick, German-Austrian physicist and philosopher (died 1936)

Born
April 14, 1882
Died
June 22, 1936
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1882

About Moritz Schlick

Friedrich Albert Moritz Schlick was a German philosopher, physicist, and the founding father of logical positivism and the Vienna Circle. He was murdered by a former student, Johann Nelböck, in 1936. Schlick ( p.8 ) interprets Wittgenstein's position as follows: philosophy "is that activity by which the meaning of propositions is established or discovered"; it is a question of "what the propositions actually mean. They initially called themselves the Ernst Mach Association, but they eventually became best known as the Vienna Circle.

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The world when Moritz Schlick was born

Moritz Schlick was born in 1882. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineChinese Exclusion Act signed
  • Technology milestoneFirst hydroelectric power plant (Appleton, WI)
  • World population~1.42B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderChester A. Arthur
  • U.S. population51.9M

1882 versus 2026

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Measure18822026
Population51.9M341 million

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