Posted by alexandra_k on December 29, 2005, at 21:12:08
In reply to Re: Astrology, posted by Phillipa on December 29, 2005, at 20:54:57
the position of the planets and stars at your time of birth is supposed to determine future events and things about your nature / personality.
so librans are this kind of person:
and the next one is this...but of course if it doesn't sound right then there are a variety of other influences and it all gets very complicated.
my question for astrology is:
how are the positions of the sun and moon and planets and stars relevant?
to either your nature
or events in your life
?
as a predictive tool it sucks...
and hence as an explanatory tool it doesn't fare any better.there are a variety of different 'stances' one can take.
Daniel Dennett "The Intentional Stance" talks about
the astrological stance
the intentional (folk-psychological stance)
the cognitive (design stance)
the physical (physiological stance)predictive (hence explanatory) leverage gets better the lower level the stance you adopt.
on the astrological stance...
it is thought that either the predictions are too general (hence too likely to be true beforehand) or are as likely to be true as false. and anomalies... are explained by the charts not having been done properly...
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