The marginalization of astrology among Dutch astronomers in the first half of the 17th century

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dc.contributor.authorRienk Vermij
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T19:52:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T15:35:03Z
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dc.date.available2016-03-30T15:35:03Z
dc.date.issued2014-06-01
dc.description.abstractIn the first half of the 17th century, Dutch astronomers rapidly abandoned the practice of astrology. By the second half of the century, no trace of it was left in Dutch academic discourse. This abandonment, in its early stages, does not appear as the result of criticism or skepticism, although such skepticism was certainly known in the Dutch Republic and leading humanist scholars referred to Pico’s arguments against astrological predictions. The astronomers, however, did not really refute astrology, but simply stopped paying attention to it, as other questions (in particular the constitution of the universe) became the focus of their scholarship. The underlying physical view of the world, with its idea of celestial influences, remained in vigor much longer. Even convinced anti-Aristotelians, in explaining the world, tried to account for the effects of the oppositions and conjunctions of planets, and similar elements. It is only with Descartes that the by now widespread skepticism about predictions found expression in a philosophy that denied celestial influence.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoteshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelinesen_US
dc.identifier.citationVermij, R. (2014). The marginalization of astrology among Dutch astronomers in the first half of the 17th century. History of Science, 52(2), 153-177. doi: 10.1177/0073275314529862en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0073275314529862en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/24919
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherHistory of Science
dc.rights.requestablefalseen_US
dc.subjectAstrologyen_US
dc.subjectcelestial influenceen_US
dc.subjectastronomyen_US
dc.subjectnatural philosophyen_US
dc.subjecthumanismen_US
dc.titleThe marginalization of astrology among Dutch astronomers in the first half of the 17th centuryen_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US

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