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Moritz Schlick (1882-1936): Critical Edition
of the Complete Works and Intellectual Biography
The development of 20th century philosophy and philosophy of science
has been profoundly influenced by Logical Empiricism – a movement
for which the members of the Vienna Circle did ground-breaking work
during the interwar period.
The physicist and philosopher Moritz
Schlick (1882 - 1936) was the founder of this Circle and one
of its leading figures. After teaching in Rostock
from 1911 to 1921, he held teaching and research positions at the
University of
Vienna from 1922 until 1936, the year he was murdered. His innovative
contributions to modern philosophy and philosophy of science range
from natural philosophy, epistemology and linguistic philosophy
to ethics and aesthetics within the context of the Vienna Circle
and in interaction with the works of Einstein, Russell, and Wittgenstein.
The aim of this project – planned for 10 years, and with
a three years start-up phase funded by the Austrian Science Fund
(FWF) – consists on putting together a Critical Edition of
the Complete Works of Moritz Schlick as well as an Intellectual
Biography (12 plus 1 volumes). For the first time, Schlick’s
published and unpublished writings - including correspondence -
will be accessible in their entirety to a large circle of students
and researchers. Together, the Critical Edition and the Biography
of Moritz Schlick will provide a complete and representative picture
of who was one of the leading figures of the Vienna Circle and an
influential 20th century philosopher. The project represents also
an important and lasting contribution to one part of Austrian history
of culture and science that has long been neglected and forgotten.
Schlick's writings will be edited in their original language and
commented on in German. The edition will be published by Springer:
Vienna-New York.
The Moritz Schlick Project is being carried out as a joint initiative
by the Institute
Vienna Circle based at the University of Vienna (A), the Research and Documentation
Center for Austrian Philosophy (Forschungsstelle
und Dokumentationszentrum für Österreichische Philosophie)
in Graz (A) and the Moritz Schlick Forschungsstelle at the University of Rostock
(G).
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