Today is the birthday of Moritz Schlick ( born Friedrich Albert Moritz Schlick, April 14, 1882–June 22, 1936), philosopher, best known as the founding father of logical positivism and the Vienna Circle."As the founder and leader of the Vienna Circle — arguably the most important and influential philosophy study and discussion group in the history of Western philosophy after Plato's Academy — Schlick occupies a position of importance in the history of Western philosophy that is considerably greater than he would otherwise have held based simply on his philosophical work alone, which was nevertheless of considerable importance in its own right." direct quote source (1)
Moritz Schlick emphasized experience as the means of establishing the truth of claims to knowledge.
In 1908, he published The Wisdom of Life, a slim volume about eudaemonism, the theory that happiness is the highest ethical pursuit.
Moritz Schlick was shot by a deranged former student while on his way to lecture at the University of Vienna on June 22, 1936.
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