Goals and objectives of philosophy (Moritz Schlick)

Schlick calls for a proper understanding of the relationship between philosophy and science. The goal of philosophy is the clarification of meaning, the goal of science is the discovery of truth. Thus, he proclaims that philosophy is not a science, since it is not a system of cognitive sentences, but a means of searching for the meanings of all problems and their solutions. Schlick defines it as an activity aimed at establishing meaning in each individual science. He believes that earlier philosophy did not reach the formulation of true problems, and all the conflicts of various philosophical systems were fruitless.

Following Wittgenstein, he denied the importance of metaphysics and believed that she asked “non-existent” questions that could not be answered not because of lack of knowledge, but because it was impossible to give an answer. Identifying the "non-existent" questions of philosophy, Schlick accomplished by a new method of analyzing logical syntax . He argued that false philosophical problems would soon disappear, since they would be considered erroneous due to a misunderstanding of the language. Others will be recognized by ordinary scientific questions.

The turn in philosophy is that now the meaning of the sentences must finally be established: either it exists or it does not exist; whereas, earlier, philosophy had a hypothetical, probable truth of sentences. Due to this turn, the argument of philosophical systems must end. Philosophy should be whole, not broken apart or independent discipline. Schlick sees future philosophers as scientists, since they definitely need a subject for the application of forces.

• Schlick M. The Future of Philosophy // Path to Philosophy. Anthology. M .: PER SE; SPb: University Book, 2001. p. 66-78.
• Schlick M. Rotation in Philosophy // Analytical Philosophy (Selected Texts). M .: MGU Publishing House, 1993. pp. 28-33.

• Logical positivism
• Vienna Circle