"Astronomy" or "astrology": a brief history of an apparent confusion

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2010-06-27

arxiv.org/abs/1006.5209v2

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History and Philosophy of Physics

7 pages; tentatively emended, still unpublished

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The modern usage of the words astronomy and astrology is traced back to distinctions, largely ignored in recent scholarship. Three interpretations of celestial phenomena (in a geometric, a substantialist and a prognostic versions) coexisted during the Hellenistic period. From Plato to Isidore of Seville, semantic changes are evidenced and their later development is sketched.

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