Moritz Schlick | With David Edmonds, Maria Carla Galavotti, and Cheryl Misak

Moritz Schlick was the informal leader of the Vienna Circle, a group of philosophers, mathematicians, and logicians who exerted huge influence on the course of twentieth-century philosophy. While not as well known as some other members of the Circle, Schlick was nonetheless producing important work that ranged from the philosophy of physics and art to ethics and epistemology. The Vienna Circle believed scientific philosophy could help stem the rise of fascism, putting them at odds with prevailing attitudes and, in 1936, this resulted in Schlick’s murder. We explore his work, his role in the Vienna Circle, and what might have been had Schlick lived longer.

Speakers
• 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗘𝗱𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀, Author, The Murder of Professor Schlick & Distinguished Research Fellow, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
• 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶, Emerita Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Bologna
• 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗸, Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto

Chair
• 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗵, Fellow, Forum for Philosophy & Associate Professor of Philosophy, LSE

Co-sponsored by the 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆

Recorded on 7 December 2021

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