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. Epistemology and Meteorology: Epicureanism and Scientific Debates 3

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

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    2. Epicurus And The Pontius Pilate Question: "What Is Truth?" Does Epicurean Canonics Support "Objective Truth"? 5

      • Cassius
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    2. Epicurean Outlooks on Skepticism 6

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    2. Epicurean Epilogismos - Phillip de Lacy

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    2. Dialectics and Hypothetical Questions 4

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      January 18, 2021 at 8:18 PM

    2. Clear But Not Convincing Evidence 7

      • Cassius
      • October 14, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 22, 2024 at 5:26 AM

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

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

      • Cassius
      • January 24, 2023 at 6:57 PM
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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. Article by Zucca - Lucretius And The Epicurean View That All Perceptions Are True

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      • February 2, 2022 at 10:47 AM
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    2. Article by Norman DeWitt: Epicurus, ΠϵρὶΦαντασίας (Present Impressions of the Mind) 2

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      • April 17, 2020 at 7:06 AM
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      April 19, 2020 at 7:38 PM

    2. An Essay by Francis Bacon "Of Truth"

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      • August 30, 2023 at 11:32 PM
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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. A Canonics Project - Drawing A Diagram To Illustrate Key Aspects of Epicurean Canonics / Epistemology 4

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      • January 13, 2023 at 8:11 PM
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    2. "Universals In Ancient Philosophy" - Several Helpful Chapters 7

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      • December 31, 2021 at 10:37 AM
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    2. "Dualism" and "Philology" 16

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    2. "Are Intellectual Pleasures Found in Sense-Perception"

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      • August 14, 2021 at 1:44 PM
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    2. "All Models Are Wrong, But Some Are Useful" 5

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    2. The Religion of Nature - as supported by Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 4

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    2. New Blog Post From Elli - " Fanaticism and the Danger of Dogmatism in Political and Religious Thought: An Epicurean Reading"

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    2. Best Lucretius translation? 9

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    2. New Translation of Epicurus' Works 1

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    2. Epicurean Emporium 9

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