Canonics - General Discussion

Epicurus held that his "Canon of Truth" is the key to confident level, and the antidote to both unfounded dogmatism and radical skepticism.

    2. Analysis of Epicurean Canonics

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    2. Primary Epistemology Cites from The Epicurean Texts

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      • April 30, 2015 at 11:47 AM
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    2. On The Meaning Of The Word "Canon"

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      • June 4, 2015 at 8:24 AM
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    2. Implications of the Role of Pleasure/Pain in the "Canon of Truth"

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      • February 2, 2016 at 4:11 PM
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    2. General Thoughts on "Truth" (At least in terms of Justice) 2

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      • April 23, 2018 at 2:58 PM
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    2. Three General Points About the Epicurean Canon of Truth

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      • May 20, 2018 at 1:29 PM
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    2. In Epicurean Philosophy Some Things Are "Facts" And Others Are Matters of Opinion.

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      • May 22, 2018 at 1:41 PM
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    2. Mises UK piece "Epicurus, Father of the Enlightenment 2

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      • September 18, 2018 at 10:43 AM
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      September 18, 2018 at 1:23 PM

    2. Epicurus And The Pontius Pilate Question: "What Is Truth?" Does Epicurean Canonics Support "Objective Truth"? 4

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      • October 23, 2018 at 9:20 AM
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    2. With Images And The Mind As A Supersensory Mechanism, Was Epicurus Suggesting A Form of "ESP"? 12

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      • December 15, 2018 at 8:21 AM
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      • December 17, 2018 at 9:54 PM
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      December 17, 2018 at 9:54 PM

    2. A TED Talk on How The Mind Assembles What We Perceive

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      • December 26, 2018 at 8:06 PM
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      • December 26, 2018 at 8:06 PM
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    2. On "Sober reasoning" 8

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      • August 23, 2019 at 4:11 PM
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      August 25, 2019 at 9:17 AM

    2. Fixed or Unfixed 13

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      • January 4, 2020 at 3:38 PM
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      January 6, 2020 at 3:01 PM

    2. "Dualism" and "Philology" 16

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      • January 25, 2020 at 1:30 AM
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      January 25, 2020 at 1:30 AM

    2. Epistemology and Meteorology: Epicureanism and Scientific Debates 3

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      • February 21, 2020 at 7:36 AM
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      February 21, 2020 at 7:36 AM

    2. Article by Norman DeWitt: Epicurus, ΠϵρὶΦαντασίας (Present Impressions of the Mind) 2

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      • April 17, 2020 at 7:06 AM
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    2. Would Epicurus Endorse "Occam's Razor?"

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      • August 29, 2020 at 4:01 PM
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    2. Epicurean Outlooks on Skepticism 6

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      • October 21, 2020 at 3:57 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 21, 2020 at 3:57 PM

    2. Making Epicurean Canonics Understandable 16

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      • October 30, 2020 at 6:49 PM
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    2. Dialectics and Hypothetical Questions 4

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      • January 18, 2021 at 7:05 PM
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    2. Frances Wright's "On The Nature of Knowledge" - How Epicurean Is It? 1

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      • January 26, 2021 at 7:05 AM
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      January 26, 2021 at 9:28 AM

    2. Epicurus' View of Aristotle's "Theory of Universals"

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      • January 26, 2021 at 8:16 AM
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    2. Epicurean Epilogismos - Phillip de Lacy

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    2. Thoughts On The Alleged "Fourth Leg of the Canon" 2

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      • May 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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    2. Recent Article on "All Perceptions Are True" 2

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      • May 19, 2021 at 11:39 AM
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    2. How To Place Epicurus In Relation To "Nominalism"? 25

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    2. "Are Intellectual Pleasures Found in Sense-Perception"

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      • August 14, 2021 at 1:44 PM
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    2. Issues In The Meaning And Definition of Logic 66

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      • August 27, 2021 at 3:30 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 27, 2021 at 3:30 PM

    2. Propositional Logic, Truth Tables, and Epicurus' Objection to "Dialectic" 39

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      • September 5, 2021 at 10:52 AM
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      October 12, 2021 at 3:47 PM

    2. George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 7 "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

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      • September 20, 2021 at 3:09 PM
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    2. "Universals In Ancient Philosophy" - Several Helpful Chapters 7

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      • December 31, 2021 at 10:37 AM
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