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.

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    2. "Universals In Ancient Philosophy" - Several Helpful Chapters 7

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    2. A Canonics Project - Drawing A Diagram To Illustrate Key Aspects of Epicurean Canonics / Epistemology 4

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

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    2. An Essay by Francis Bacon "Of Truth"

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

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    2. Article by Zucca - Lucretius And The Epicurean View That All Perceptions Are True

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    2. As To The Three Legs Of The Canon (Sensations, Feelings, Anticipations) Is it Possible to Experience (Receive Data?) From One Without The Others? 39

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    2. Carl Sagan's Cosmos Episode Seven "Backbone of the Night" - Good Summary of Problems with Plato 13

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    2. Cartesian beliefs on sensory perception vs Epicurean knowledge acquired through the senses 6

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    2. Clear But Not Convincing Evidence 7

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    2. Dialectics and Hypothetical Questions 4

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    2. Epicurean Epilogismos - Phillip de Lacy

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    2. Epicurean Outlooks on Skepticism 6

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

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

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    2. Epistemology and Meteorology: Epicureanism and Scientific Debates 3

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    2. Essentialism? 3

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    2. Fixed or Unfixed 13

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    2. Frances Wright's "On The Nature of Knowledge" - How Epicurean Is It? 1

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    2. General Thoughts on "Truth" (At least in terms of Justice) 2

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    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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    2. How Do We Have Confidence In Dealing With Texts Written In Languages To Which We Are Not Native? 7

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    2. How Should We Evaluate Abstractions? 2

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    2. How to place Epicureanism in relation to the modern tool of the scientific method 4

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    2. How To Place Epicurus In Relation To "Nominalism"? 25

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    2. Implications of the Role of Pleasure/Pain in the "Canon of Truth"

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    2. In Epicurean Philosophy Some Things Are "Facts" And Others Are Matters of Opinion.

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