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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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  - April 6, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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2. Frances Wright's "On The Nature of Knowledge" - How Epicurean Is It? 1
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2. Fixed or Unfixed 13
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2. Essentialism? 3
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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"? 4
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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. 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 - "Reality Does Not Require Being Eternally The Same" 22
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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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  - April 15, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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4. Eikadistes
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2. Dialectics and Hypothetical Questions 4
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2. Considering The Feelings (Pleasure and Pain) and Prolepsis/Anticipations as Sensations 4
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2. Comparing the Proof Requirements Of James Randi To Those of Epicurus
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2. Clear But Not Convincing Evidence 7
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2. Circumstantial (Indirect) and Direct Evidence / Dogmatism vs Skepticism 18
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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
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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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2. Article by Norman DeWitt: Epicurus, ΠϵρὶΦαντασίας (Present Impressions of the Mind) 2
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2. An Essay by Francis Bacon "Of Truth"
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2. A TED Talk on How The Mind Assembles What We Perceive
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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. "Universals In Ancient Philosophy" - Several Helpful Chapters 7
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2. "Dualism" and "Philology" 16
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4. Charles
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2. "Are Intellectual Pleasures Found in Sense-Perception"
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2. "All Models Are Wrong, But Some Are Useful" 5
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Epistemology and Meteorology: Epicureanism and Scientific Debates 3

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

Epicurean Outlooks on Skepticism 6

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

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

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

Dialectics and Hypothetical Questions 4

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

Clear But Not Convincing Evidence 7

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

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

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

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

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

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