Grice and Dawkins on selfish stars

--- By J. L. S.

From wiki, "Dawkins":

"In the 2007 TV documentary The Enemies of Reason,[137] Dawkins discusses what he sees as the dangers of abandoning critical thought and rationale based upon scientific evidence. He specifically cites astrology".

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Oddly, in a paper that credits me (for general discussion, or something), Uschanov (google.books, "[C]riticisms of ... ordinary language philosophy" (Routledge), quotes for good effect Grice WoW:180 on astrology:

Words:

"To complain that philosophy no longer

solves practical problems is

as idiotic

as to complain that

astronomy is the natural offspring

of astrology -- that our future is

in the stars." Or something.

JLS