Article ID: CBB174175518

Gassendi's Critique of Astrology (2020)

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This paper focuses on Gassendi’s anti-astrological writings in Animadversiones (1649) and Syntagma philosophicum (1658). It shows that, though his texts present several similarities with traditional anti-astrological writings, Gassendi puts greater stress on the issue of experience, and emphasises the impossibility of establishing astrology on such a basis. Invoked by both supporters and antagonists of astrology, the issue of experimentation was traditionally a contested field. However, I argue that, considering Gassendi’s prominent role in the development of modern empiricism and, more generally, the attention paid to epistemological issues by early modern inquirers, the issue of experience acquires greater significance here. I offer further support to this claim by showing that Jean-Baptiste Morin, too, paid specific attention to the role of experience in his Astrologia Gallica. I conclude by suggesting that the increasing early modern emphasis on epistemological issues (of which Gassendi provides a good example), might have contributed to the marginalisation of astrology.

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Authors & Contributors
Ariew, Roger
Gori, Pietro
Shaw, Jamie
Garau, Rodolfo
Spink, Aaron
Fehige, Yiftach
Concepts
Empiricism
Philosophy of science
Epistemology
Philosophy
Astronomy
Controversies and disputes
Time Periods
17th century
Ancient
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
Places
France
Copenhagen (Denmark)
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