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Richard Paul, Linda Elder - The Thinker's Guide to Scientific Thinking

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Richard Paul, Linda Elder

The Thinker's Guide to Scientific Thinking

2019

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A Pseudo-Science: Why Astrology Is Not a Science S. 58-60

„… Astrology Is Not a Science3The claims of astrologers are rejected by the scientific community. Astrology is …” „… astrology provides accurate personality descriptions and valuable advice. Noted astrologers earn a sizeable …” „… consider astrology invalid will not convince them that it is. After learning about controlled research …”

Universal Intellectual Standards Essential to Sound Scientific Thinking S. 11-12

„… who believed in astrology defended his/her view by saying “Many intelligent people believe in …” „… astrology,” their defense would be clear, accurate, and sufficiently precise, but irrelevant. (For example …”

Preface

„… Pseudo-Science: Why Astrology Is Not a Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58A Critical …”

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Courtney M. Block - Researching the Paranormal

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Courtney M. Block

Researching the Paranormal

2020

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7 Handbooks, Dictionaries, and Encyclopedias S. 129-172

„… astrology.Copenhagen, Denmark: Blue Pearl. 818 pages.At more than eight hundred pages, it is safe to say that this work …” „… astrology.Greer, John Michael. (2010). The geomancer’s handbook: Divination andmagic. Iowa City, IA: Renaissance …” „… astrologyincluding a historical overview and the reasons why astrology is used as adivination method. The second …”

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„… aboutParapsychology, Ghosts, Astrology,Cryptozoology, Near-Death Experiences,and MoreCourtney M. BlockROWMAN …” „… , ufology, astrology/divination/mysticism, cryptozoology, near-death experiences/reincarnation,and the …” „… : Researching the paranormal : how to find reliable information about parapsychology, ghosts,astrology …”

8 Monographs S. 173-226

„… , astrology,hermeticism, and more. The authors of the essays not only outline certaindivinatory practices, but also …” „… different topics and are thus hard to classify. The “Astrology, Divina-tion, and Mysticism” category remains …” „… practices,however, does appear immediately after astrology, divination, and mysti-cism, so I encourage readers to …”

9 Journals and Databases for Finding Paranormal Resources, with a Selection of Relevant Journal Articles S. 227-278

1 What Is the Paranormal? S. 1-48

„… ? Astrology and divination? Magical practices? The occult?It’s immediately apparent that the concept of the …”

Index S. 305-310

„… Spiritual andConsciousness StudiesAssociation for the Study of Esotericism,108, 111n37astrology, 38, 41, 48n …” „… , 156–157,157–158, 158, 208–210, 209–210,269–272. See also astrology; magic;tarotDuke University, xiii, 22, 59, 238 …”

10 The UK’s Intimate History with the Paranormal S. 279-294

„… issues—astrology (this being alarge part of their employ), divination, herbs, and so forth. In fact, cunningChapter …” „… investigations. Specifically, one of the core collections of this institute isdevoted to resources on astrology …”

5 Universities, Professional Organizations, Associations, and Societies Engaged in Paranormal Research S. 101-112

„… philosophies” including “alchemy, astrology . . . Her-meticism, Kabbalah, magic, mysticism,” and more.37 The …”

Bibliography S. 295-304

„… , Trubner.Beck, Roger. (2007). A brief history of ancient astrology. Malden, MA: Blackwell.Bekavac, Luka. (2018 …”

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Nader El-Bizri, Eva Orthmann - The Occult Sciences in Pre-modern Islamic Cultures

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Nader El-Bizri (ed.), Eva Orthmann (ed.)

The Occult Sciences in Pre-modern Islamic Cultures

Series: Beiruter Texte und Studien (BTS)

Volume 138 2018

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Orkhan Mir-Kasimov The Occult Sciences in Ḥurūfī Discourse. Science of Letters, Alchemy and Astrology in the Works of Faḍlallāh Astarābādī S. 201-222

„… The Occult Sciences in Ḥurūfī Discourse Science of Letters, Alchemy and Astrology in the Works …” „… , including alchemy, astrology, the science of letters and numbers and dream interpretation, address …” „… opus, the Jāwidān-nāma-yi kabīr.6 To the best of my knowledge, the Jāwidān-nāma’s astrology and …”

Introduction S. 7-12

„… astrology, or the bent on arithmology and numerology that accompanied the sciences of arithmetic and number …” „… ), khīmiyāʾ (alchemy), ʿilm aḥkām al-nujūm (astrology), ruqya wataʿwīdh (spells and incantations), taʿbīr …” „… (astronomy and astrology, arithmetic and arithmology, natural philosophy and rudimentary forms of alchemy …”

George Saliba Cometary Theory and Prognostications in the Islamic World and Their Relationship to Renaissance Europe S. 105-134

„… ., online publication: Antiquus- Astrology.com, 2008, §100. COMETARY THEORY AND PROGNOSTICATIONS IN THE …” „… greatest concession was in the realm of astrology, where he also composed a full-size book divided into …” „… Astronomy and Astrology”, in: Journal of Near Eastern Studies 16/1 (1957), 44–51, and Bernard Goldstein …”

Matthew Melvin-Koushki Persianate Geomancy from Ṭūsī to the Millennium. A Preliminary Survey S. 151-200

„… popularity only to astrology and oneiromancy throughout the premodern Islamo-Christianate world, and is …” „… domain, geomancy was third in popularity only to astrology and oneiromancy; indeed, due to its early …” „… incorporation of astrological correspondences, it was often considered a form of “terrestrial astrology …”

Muhammad Ali Khalidi, Tarif Khalidi Is Physiognomy a Science? Reflections on the Kitāb al-Firāsa of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī S. 67-82

„… , 1965, 916-917; Anna Akasoy, “Arabic Physiognomy as a Link between Astrology and Medicine”, in …” „… : Astro-Medicine: Astrology and Medicine, East and West, A. Akasoy, C. Burnett and R. Yoeli-Tlalim, eds …” „… Institute, 1968. Secondary sources Akasoy, Anna: “Arabic Physiognomy as a Link between Astrology and …”

Antonella Ghersetti A Science for Kings and Masters. Firāsa at the Crossroad between Natural Sciences and Power Relationships in Arabic Sources S. 83-104

„… frequently appears listed in the same category as astrology, oneiromancy and other forms of divination. For …” „… to astrology as well): see Dominique Sourdel, “Le ῾Livre des secrétaires᾽ de ʿAbdallāh al- Baghdādī …” „… al-ʿaqliyya includes firāsa among “subaltern natural sciences” along with medicine, astrology, onirocritic …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-6

„… : Science of Letters, Alchemy and Astrology in the Works of Faḍlallāh Astarābādī …”

Notes on Contributors S. 13-16

„… Languages and Civilizations at Yale University. Her work focuses mainly on the history of astrology in the …”

Isabel Toral-Niehoff, Annette Sundermeyer Going Egyptian in Medieval Arabic Culture. The Long-Desired Fulfilled Knowledge of Occult Alphabets by Pseudo-Ibn Waḥshiyya S. 249-263

„… in Egypt before the Flood; the second, the inventor of astrology, lived in Babylonia; the third …”

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Christian Hoffarth, Stefan Brenner - Prophetie, Prognose und Politik / Prophecy, Prognosis and Politics

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Christian Hoffarth (ed.), Stefan Brenner (ed.)

Prophetie, Prognose und Politik / Prophecy, Prognosis and Politics

Series: Bensheimer Forschungen zur Personengeschichte

Volume 5 2022

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I. Lemcool Our Own Augustus S. 3-22

„… KonzeptionenIvana LemcoolOur Own AugustusConstantine and the Use of Astrology in Imperial …” „… Latin treatise on as-trology was composed in the last years of Constantine’s reign – the Mathesis of …” „… chronological contingen-cy.2 Unlike that of Augustus, Constantine’s stance on astrology has not been thoroughly …”

M.A. Conrad The Jew Ibn Zarzar and the Muslim Ibn al-Hatıb Give Advice to a Christian King S. 159-176

„… Last Days of Iberian-Maghribian AstrologyWhat unites both examples, the dialogue of Ibn Zarzar and …” „… KingOn the Transculturality of Court Astrology in 14th-Century Castile[T ]he astrologers of Israel know …” „… , 277a (Ra‘aya Meheim-na); the translation follows Ronald C. Kiener, The Status of Astrology in the …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis

„… AugustusConstantine and the Use of Astrology in Imperial Propaganda 3Marisa Bueno Sánchez & Abel Lorenzo …” „… al-H˘at˙ı̄b Give Advice to a Christian KingOn the Transculturality of Court Astrology in 14th-Century Castile …”

M. Bueno Sánchez, A. Lorenzo-Rodríguez Voices of Destruction S. 23-40

„… notable example of this transition is the life of Firmicus Maternus, who authored a book on astrology …” „… resur-rected, Matt 27:51–54, Mark 15:38.12 Luke 21:10–11.13 Jean Rhys Bram, Ancient Astrology. Theory and …” „… result of as-trology, see in particular Julia Hillner, Prison, Punishment and Penance in Late Antiquity …”

Ch. Hoffarth, S. Brenner Prophetie, Prognose und Politik in personengeschichtlicher Perspektive

„… Bedeutung der Hofastrologie im Mit-telalter s. exemplarisch Michael Ryan, A Kingdom of Stargazers. Astrology …” „… Stars. Astrology and Politics in Renaissance Milan, Cambridge 2013; Darin Hayton, The Crown and the …” „… Cosmos. Astrology and the Politics of Maximilian I, Pittsburgh 2015. Zur Begeg-nung Hildegards von Bingen …”

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Valentin Groebner

Aufheben, Wegwerfen

Series: Konstanz University Press

Volume 2023

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Anmerkungen S. 159-170

„… , The Routledge History of Magic, S. 99–11.33 Ders., »Astrology in the Service of the Crown«, in …” „… ., »Astrology, Astronomy and Magic as Motivation for the Scientific Renaissance of the Twelth Century«, in …” „… : Angela Vos und Jean Hinson Lall (Hg.), The Imaginal Cosmos: Astrology, Divination, and the Sacred …”

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