Why Astrology is a Pseudoscience

@article{Thagard1978WhyAI,
  title={Why Astrology is a Pseudoscience},
  author={P. Thagard},
  journal={PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association},
  year={1978},
  volume={1978},
  pages={223 - 234}
}
  • P. Thagard
  • Published 1978
  • Psychology
  • PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association
Using astrology as a case study, this paper attempts to establish a criterion for demarcating science from pseudoscience. Numerous reasons for considering astrology to be a pseudoscience are evaluated and rejected; verifiability and falsifiability are briefly discussed. A theory is said to be pseudoscientific if and only if (1) it has been less progressive than alternative theories over a long period of time, and faces many unsolved problems, but (2) the community of practitioners makes little… Expand
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