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Counterintuitive Pseudoscience Propagates by Exploiting the Mind’s Communication Evaluation Mechanisms [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Epidemiological models of culture posit that the prevalence of a belief depends in part on the fit between that belief and intuitions generated by the mind’s reliably developing architecture.
Spencer Mermelstein, Tamsin C. German
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Which one to trust? Exploratory analysis on astrology, science and religiosity among students in Bucharest

Sociologie Românească, 2021
Confidence in astrology remains a visible phenomenon in contemporary society, and this is a constant topic of academic interest. A survey based on 512 valid questionnaires were obtained from a non-probability sample of university students from Bucharest,
Dragoș Obreja
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Alles Schicksal? Der Himmel als astrologische Auskunftei im Luthertum der Frühen Neuzeit [PDF]

Религия, церковь, общество, 2015
The article “All is Fortune? The sky as an astrology agency in the early modern time lutheranism” deals with attitude to astrology as part of the Lutheran intellectual culture of the 16–17th centuries.
Walter Sparn
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Astronomy and Calendrical Science in Early Mikkyō in Japan: Challenges and Adaptations

Religions, 2022
This study examines the use, adaptation, modification and omission of astronomical and calendrical elements in early Japanese Mikkyō (ninth century) in large part from the perspective of exact sciences.
Jeffrey Kotyk
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Astrologers and the Hungarian State Security Agency

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture, 2023
The history of astrology in twentieth-century Hungary has not yet been a subject of research. Consequently, the attitude of Hungarian state security agency towards astrologers and astrology during the
Márton Veszprémy
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Interpretation of Constellations in the Ilmi Interpretation of the Ministry of Religion and Its Implications for the Development of Astronomy and Astrology

Jurnal Ushuluddin, 2022
The Quran's concern for the natural order is evident through its verses. By studying verses about nature, humans can increase knowledge and include science in analyzing the content of the Quran, as the Ilmi interpretation issued by the Ministry of ...
Laili Nur Hidayah, Salamah Noorhidayati
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Una giustificazione cristiana dell'astrologia. Esseri umani e corpi celesti nel Cause et cure

I Quaderni del MAES, 2023
In the Middle Ages, authoritative voices of Christianity condemn astrology as a kind of idolatry that denies free will. This is the reason why, since the 12th century, the revival of interest in astrology led some thinkers to prove its compatibility with
Giulia Guidara
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Sapiens Dominabitur Astris: A Diachronic Survey of a Ubiquitous Astrological Phrase

Humanities, 2021
From the late thirteenth through late seventeenth centuries, a single three-word Latin phrase—sapiens dominabitur astris, or “the wise man will be master of the stars”—proliferated in astrological, theological, philosophical, and literary texts.
Justin Niermeier-Dohoney
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A Comparative Study of the Sassanian Stamp Seal Designs with Drawings in Abd al-Rahman Sufi’s Sovar al-Kavakeb [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2023
Stamp seals are incredibly significant as a category of archeological finds because of their various motifs andfunctions, and inquiry into such glyptic evidence will help reconstruct different aspects of human life.
Sattar Khaledian, Hasan Arab
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ASTROLOGI SEBAGAI ILMU BANTU EPIGRAFI: SEBUAH PEMIKIRAN

Berkala Arkeologi, 2014
Of the thousands of inscriptions, both stones and metals, there is only small number known as dated. Other parts are damaged, worn, or missing for various reasons.
Djulianto Susantio
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