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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. Analysis of Epicurean Canonics
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2. Epicurean Outlooks on Skepticism 6
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2. Primary Epistemology Cites from The Epicurean Texts
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2. On The Meaning Of The Word "Canon"
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2. Implications of the Role of Pleasure/Pain in the "Canon of Truth"
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2. General Thoughts on "Truth" (At least in terms of Justice) 2
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2. Three General Points About the Epicurean 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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2. Epicurus And The Pontius Pilate Question: "What Is Truth?" Does Epicurean Canonics Support "Objective Truth"? 4
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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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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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2. Article by Norman DeWitt: Epicurus, ΠϵρὶΦαντασίας (Present Impressions of the Mind) 2
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2. Would Epicurus Endorse "Occam's Razor?"
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2. Dialectics and Hypothetical Questions 4
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2. Frances Wright's "On The Nature of Knowledge" - How Epicurean Is It? 1
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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 3, 2021 at 8:49 AM
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2. Recent Article on "All Perceptions Are True" 2
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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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2. Propositional Logic, Truth Tables, and Epicurus' Objection to "Dialectic" 39
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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. "Universals In Ancient Philosophy" - Several Helpful Chapters 7
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2. Article by Zucca - Lucretius And The Epicurean View That All Perceptions Are True
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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. Carl Sagan's Cosmos Episode Seven "Backbone of the Night" - Good Summary of Problems with Plato 13
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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. "All Models Are Wrong, But Some Are Useful" 5
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2. What Are The Essential Elements Of Any Canonical Faculty According to Epicurus?
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2. Methods Or Considerations In Thinking 8
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Epicurean Outlooks on Skepticism 6

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

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

With Images And The Mind As A Supersensory Mechanism, Was Epicurus Suggesting A Form of "ESP"? 12

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

Dialectics and Hypothetical Questions 4

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

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

Recent Article on "All Perceptions Are True" 2

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

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

"Universals In Ancient Philosophy" - Several Helpful Chapters 7

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

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

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

"All Models Are Wrong, But Some Are Useful" 5

Methods Or Considerations In Thinking 8

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