[Revised entry by Thomas Oberdan and Friedrich Stadler on March 27, 2026.
Changes to: Main text, Bibliography]
Although Moritz Schlick (1882 - 1936) left a significant mark in the history of philosophy as the founder and nominal leader of the Vienna Circle of Logical Positivists or Logical Empiricists, his lasting legacy includes a broad range of philosophical achievements. Indeed, Schlick's reputation was established well before the Circle was founded by him in 1924 and went public in 1929. In 1917 he published Raum und Zeit in der gegenwartigen Physik, a philosophical introduction to the new physics of Relativity Theory,...