1882 - 1936
Friedrich Albert Moritz Schlick (; German: [ʃlɪk] (listen); 14 April 1882 – 22 June 1936) was a German philosopher, physicist, and the founding father of logical positivism and the Vienna Circle. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moritz Schlick has received more than 259,649 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Moritz Schlick is the 259th most popular philosopher (down from 255th in 2019), the 511th most popular biography from Germany (down from 459th in 2019) and the 38th most popular German Philosopher.
Moritz Schlick is most famous for his work in the philosophy of science. He was a professor at the University of Vienna and was killed by a Nazi sympathizer in 1936.
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Among philosophers, Moritz Schlick ranks 259 out of 1,089. Before him are Arcesilaus, Al-Ash'ari, Speusippus, Bias of Priene, Xenocrates, and Raymond Aron. After him are Bruno Bauer, Roger Garaudy, Al-Jahiz, Shen Kuo, Priscus, and Alain Badiou.
315 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 253
873 - 936
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 254
407 BC - 339 BC
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 255
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 256
396 BC - 314 BC
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 257
1905 - 1983
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 258
1882 - 1936
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 259
1809 - 1882
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 260
1913 - 2012
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 261
775 - 868
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 262
1031 - 1095
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 263
410 - Present
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 264
1937 - Present
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 265
Among people born in 1882, Moritz Schlick ranks 37. Before him are Getúlio Vargas, Jacques Maritain, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Percy Williams Bridgman, Hans Geiger, and Bela Lugosi. After him are Rodolfo Graziani, Robert H. Goddard, Nicolai Hartmann, Yanka Kupala, Lluís Companys, and Boris Shaposhnikov. Among people deceased in 1936, Moritz Schlick ranks 23. Before him are Louis Blériot, Grazia Deledda, Fuad I of Egypt, Ottorino Respighi, Buenaventura Durruti, and José Antonio Primo de Rivera. After him are Róbert Bárány, Hans von Seeckt, Karl Kraus, Premchand, Andrija Mohorovičić, and Anne Sullivan.
1882 - 1954
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 31
1882 - 1973
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 32
1882 - 1960
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 33
1882 - 1961
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 34
1882 - 1945
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 35
1882 - 1956
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 36
1882 - 1936
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 37
1882 - 1955
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 38
1882 - 1945
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 39
1882 - 1950
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 40
1882 - 1942
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 41
1882 - 1940
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 42
1882 - 1945
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 43
1872 - 1936
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 17
1871 - 1936
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 18
1868 - 1936
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 19
1879 - 1936
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 20
1896 - 1936
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 21
1903 - 1936
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 22
1882 - 1936
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 23
1876 - 1936
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 24
1866 - 1936
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 25
1874 - 1936
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 26
1880 - 1936
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 27
1857 - 1936
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 28
1866 - 1936
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 29
Among people born in Germany, Moritz Schlick ranks 511 out of 5,289. Before him are Friedrich Mohs (1773), Hans Baldung (1484), Friedrich Olbricht (1888), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908), and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687). After him are Bruno Bauer (1809), John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503), Ernst Udet (1896), Julius von Mayer (1814), Richard von Weizsäcker (1920), and Luz Long (1913).
1773 - 1839
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 505
1484 - 1545
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 506
1888 - 1944
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 507
1881 - 1954
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 508
1908 - 1972
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 509
1687 - 1757
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 510
1882 - 1936
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 511
1809 - 1882
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 512
1503 - 1554
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 513
1896 - 1941
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 514
1814 - 1878
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 515
1920 - 2015
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 516
1913 - 1943
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 517
Among philosophers born in Germany, Moritz Schlick ranks 38. Before him are Max Stirner (1806), Rudolf Carnap (1891), Moses Mendelssohn (1729), Franz Brentano (1838), Ernst Bloch (1885), and Hans Jonas (1903). After him are Bruno Bauer (1809), Hugh of Saint Victor (1096), Adam of Bremen (null), Johann Reuchlin (1455), Rudolf Bultmann (1884), and David Strauss (1808).
1806 - 1856
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 32
1891 - 1970
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 33
1729 - 1786
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 34
1838 - 1917
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 35
1885 - 1977
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 36
1903 - 1993
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 37
1882 - 1936
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 38
1809 - 1882
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 39
1096 - 1141
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 40
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 41
1455 - 1522
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 42
1884 - 1976
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 43
1808 - 1874
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 44