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Are there any modern philosophers that still defend astrology as either a legitimate practice or as a science?
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September 7, 2011

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Miriam Solomon
September 8, 2011 (changed September 8, 2011) Permalink

I don't know of any scientist who takes astrology seriously. There are two problems with astrology (1) the lack of confirmatory evidence and (2) the implausibility of the theory, given what else we know about the universe. But your question asked whether there are "modern philosophers" who take astrology seriously. Depending on how broadly the community of philosophers is defined, there may well be philosophers who take astrology seriously. You might be able to find a scientist or two, also. However, I doubt that there are scientists seriously working in the area of astrology (making predictions and testing them).

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