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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. Discussion of New Article - In An AI World, The Epicurean View of Knowledge Is More Important Than Ever 11
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2. Discussion of Blog Article - "In Troubled Times, Young People Should Turn To Epicurus Rather than The Pope" 6
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2. What would Epicurus say about the fallacy of a "False Dilemma"? 1
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2. Suggested on Facebook As Possibly Relevant to Epicurean Canonics "Wilding the Predictive Brain"
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2. Methods Or Considerations In Thinking 8
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2. What Are The Essential Elements Of Any Canonical Faculty According to Epicurus?
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2. Cartesian beliefs on sensory perception vs Epicurean knowledge acquired through the senses 6
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2. Article by Zucca - Lucretius And The Epicurean View That All Perceptions Are True
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2. Is reality real? (from Big Think) 20
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2. Essentialism? 3
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2. "Universals In Ancient Philosophy" - Several Helpful Chapters 7
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2. Issues In The Meaning And Definition of Logic 66
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2. "Are Intellectual Pleasures Found in Sense-Perception"
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2. Recent Article on "All Perceptions Are True" 2
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2. Thoughts On The Alleged "Fourth Leg of the Canon" 2
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2. Epicurean Epilogismos - Phillip de Lacy
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2. Epicurus' View of Aristotle's "Theory of Universals"
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2. Frances Wright's "On The Nature of Knowledge" - How Epicurean Is It? 1
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2. Epicurean Outlooks on Skepticism 6
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2. Article by Norman DeWitt: Epicurus, ΠϵρὶΦαντασίας (Present Impressions of the Mind) 2
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2. Fixed or Unfixed 13
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2. A TED Talk on How The Mind Assembles What We Perceive
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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. Epicurus And The Pontius Pilate Question: "What Is Truth?" Does Epicurean Canonics Support "Objective Truth"? 4
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2. Mises UK piece "Epicurus, Father of the Enlightenment 2
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2. In Epicurean Philosophy Some Things Are "Facts" And Others Are Matters of Opinion.
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2. General Thoughts on "Truth" (At least in terms of Justice) 2
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2. Implications of the Role of Pleasure/Pain in the "Canon of Truth"
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2. On The Meaning Of The Word "Canon"
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2. Primary Epistemology Cites from The Epicurean Texts
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Discussion of New Article - In An AI World, The Epicurean View of Knowledge Is More Important Than Ever 11

Discussion of Blog Article - "In Troubled Times, Young People Should Turn To Epicurus Rather than The Pope" 6

What would Epicurus say about the fallacy of a "False Dilemma"? 1

Methods Or Considerations In Thinking 8

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

Is reality real? (from Big Think) 20

Essentialism? 3

"Universals In Ancient Philosophy" - Several Helpful Chapters 7

Issues In The Meaning And Definition of Logic 66

Recent Article on "All Perceptions Are True" 2

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

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

Epicurean Outlooks on Skepticism 6

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

Fixed or Unfixed 13

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

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

Mises UK piece "Epicurus, Father of the Enlightenment 2

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

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