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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. A Canonics Project - Drawing A Diagram To Illustrate Key Aspects of Epicurean Canonics / Epistemology 4
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2. Issues In The Meaning And Definition of Logic 66
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2. Propositional Logic, Truth Tables, and Epicurus' Objection to "Dialectic" 39
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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. How To Place Epicurus In Relation To "Nominalism"? 25
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2. "Dualism" and "Philology" 16
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2. The Use of Negation in Epicurean Philosophy Concepts 47
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2. Is reality real? (from Big Think) 20
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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. Making Epicurean Canonics Understandable 16
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2. Fixed or Unfixed 13
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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. 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. On "Sober reasoning" 8
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2. Article by Norman DeWitt: Epicurus, ΠϵρὶΦαντασίας (Present Impressions of the Mind) 2
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2. Epicurean Outlooks on Skepticism 6
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2. "All Models Are Wrong, But Some Are Useful" 5
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2. Dialectics and Hypothetical Questions 4
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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. "Universals In Ancient Philosophy" - Several Helpful Chapters 7
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2. Methods Or Considerations In Thinking 8
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2. Cartesian beliefs on sensory perception vs Epicurean knowledge acquired through the senses 6
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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. Mises UK piece "Epicurus, Father of the Enlightenment 2
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2. Clear But Not Convincing Evidence 7
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2. General Thoughts on "Truth" (At least in terms of Justice) 2
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2. Frances Wright's "On The Nature of Knowledge" - How Epicurean Is It? 1
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2. Three General Points About the Epicurean Canon of Truth
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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. Thoughts On The Alleged "Fourth Leg of the Canon" 2
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A Canonics Project - Drawing A Diagram To Illustrate Key Aspects of Epicurean Canonics / Epistemology 4

Issues In The Meaning And Definition of Logic 66

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

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

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

"Dualism" and "Philology" 16

The Use of Negation in Epicurean Philosophy Concepts 47

Is reality real? (from Big Think) 20

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

Making Epicurean Canonics Understandable 16

Fixed or Unfixed 13

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

On "Sober reasoning" 8

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

Epicurean Outlooks on Skepticism 6

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

Dialectics and Hypothetical Questions 4

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

"Universals In Ancient Philosophy" - Several Helpful Chapters 7

Methods Or Considerations In Thinking 8

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

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

Mises UK piece "Epicurus, Father of the Enlightenment 2

Clear But Not Convincing Evidence 7

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

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

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

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

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