In this episode we speak with Brazilian researchers Cristina de Amorim Machado and Marcus Reis Pinheiro about their academic work on astrology from the perspective of the history of and philosophy of science. Cristina has researched the translation of the Tetrabiblos in her PhD and Marcus specialises in Ancient philosophy, cosmology and ethics. They have recently translated the first three chapters of Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos from Greek into Portuguese as a part of their ongoing research. They are also part of an academic research group on astrology – Academia Celeste (Celestial Academy) – composed by research of various fields and from academic institutions from all over Brazil.
To know more about the work of Cristina de Amorim Machado, see https://gpsciencestudiesuem.wordpress.com/ and https://maringa.academia.edu/CristinadeAmorimMachado
For Marcus Reis Pinheiro, see http://www.pgfi.uff.br/index.php/marcus-reis-pinheiro/ and https://uff.academia.edu/MarcusPinheiro
The book can be found here: http://old.periodicos.uem.br/~eduem/novapagina/?q=node/704
Their translation of Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos (Portuguese) is available here: https://www.cle.unicamp.br/eprints/index.php/cadernos/issue/view/111
For more information on the research group Academia Celeste, visit their website (mainly in Portuguese) at https://academiaceleste.blogspot.com/ and their YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs4-q3QWYCrQjXS55a9IDFg
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