Astrology as a Language Game

Author: Mike Harding
Abstract: Astrology is often referred to as a symbolic language. Does this make it different from an ‘ordinary’ language, and what are the implications of describing it as such? In short, what makes one form of language more ‘real’ than another? The talk will intro
Keywords: symbolic language, language games, psychologism, philosophy of language
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Publication: Astrology and the Academy: papers from the inaugural conference of the Sophia Centre (published by C 2004 170 – 180