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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. Epicurus And The Pontius Pilate Question: "What Is Truth?" Does Epicurean Canonics Support "Objective Truth"? 4
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2. Dialectics and Hypothetical Questions 4
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4. Charles
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2. A Canonics Project - Drawing A Diagram To Illustrate Key Aspects of Epicurean Canonics / Epistemology 4
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  - Cassius
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2. How to place Epicureanism in relation to the modern tool of the scientific method 4
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  - Kalosyni
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2. Considering The Feelings (Pleasure and Pain) and Prolepsis/Anticipations as Sensations 4
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  - Cassius
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4. Don
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2. "All Models Are Wrong, But Some Are Useful" 5
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2. Epicurean Outlooks on Skepticism 6
  - A_Gardner
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2. Cartesian beliefs on sensory perception vs Epicurean knowledge acquired through the senses 6
  - profkesarsarwara
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4. Cassius
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2. Discussion of Blog Article - "In Troubled Times, Young People Should Turn To Epicurus Rather than The Pope" 6
  - Cassius
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4. Eikadistes
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2. "Universals In Ancient Philosophy" - Several Helpful Chapters 7
  - Cassius
  - December 31, 2021 at 10:37 AM
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4. Joshua
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2. Clear But Not Convincing Evidence 7
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4. Cassius
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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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  - Cassius
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4. Pacatus
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2. On "Sober reasoning" 8
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2. Methods Or Considerations In Thinking 8
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2. Discussion of New Article - In An AI World, The Epicurean View of Knowledge Is More Important Than Ever 11
  - Cassius
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4. Cassius
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2. With Images And The Mind As A Supersensory Mechanism, Was Epicurus Suggesting A Form of "ESP"? 12
  - Cassius
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2. Fixed or Unfixed 13
  - Charles
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4. Hiram
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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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  - Cassius
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2. "Dualism" and "Philology" 16
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2. Making Epicurean Canonics Understandable 16
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2. Circumstantial (Indirect) and Direct Evidence / Dogmatism vs Skepticism 18
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2. Is reality real? (from Big Think) 20
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2. Discussion of Blog Article - "Reality Does Not Require Being Eternally The Same" 22
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2. How To Place Epicurus In Relation To "Nominalism"? 25
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4. Joshua
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2. Propositional Logic, Truth Tables, and Epicurus' Objection to "Dialectic" 39
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  - Cassius
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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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  - Cassius
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4. Little Rocker
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2. The Use of Negation in Epicurean Philosophy Concepts 47
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  April 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
2. Issues In The Meaning And Definition of Logic 66
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4. Cassius
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Epicurus And The Pontius Pilate Question: "What Is Truth?" Does Epicurean Canonics Support "Objective Truth"? 4

Dialectics and Hypothetical Questions 4

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

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

Considering The Feelings (Pleasure and Pain) and Prolepsis/Anticipations as Sensations 4

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

Epicurean Outlooks on Skepticism 6

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

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

"Universals In Ancient Philosophy" - Several Helpful Chapters 7

Clear But Not Convincing Evidence 7

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

On "Sober reasoning" 8

Methods Or Considerations In Thinking 8

Discussion of New Article - In An AI World, The Epicurean View of Knowledge Is More Important Than Ever 11

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

Fixed or Unfixed 13

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

"Dualism" and "Philology" 16

Making Epicurean Canonics Understandable 16

Circumstantial (Indirect) and Direct Evidence / Dogmatism vs Skepticism 18

Is reality real? (from Big Think) 20

Discussion of Blog Article - "Reality Does Not Require Being Eternally The Same" 22

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

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

The Use of Negation in Epicurean Philosophy Concepts 47

Issues In The Meaning And Definition of Logic 66

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