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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Logical Fallacies Addressed In Epicurean Texts
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Clear But Not Convincing Evidence 7
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Suggested on Facebook As Possibly Relevant to Epicurean Canonics "Wilding the Predictive Brain"
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December 15, 2024 at 9:06 AM
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How Do We Have Confidence In Dealing With Texts Written In Languages To Which We Are Not Native? 7
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Sorites Argument Referenced in Cicero's Academic Questions 3
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How Should We Evaluate Abstractions? 2
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Fixed or Unfixed 13
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Is reality real? (from Big Think) 20
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Mises UK piece "Epicurus, Father of the Enlightenment 2
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On "Sober reasoning" 8
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An Essay by Francis Bacon "Of Truth"
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August 30, 2023 at 11:32 PM
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V. Tsouna on "The method of multiple explanations" - Presentation and PDF
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The Use of Negation in Epicurean Philosophy Concepts 47
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What would Epicurus say about the fallacy of a "False Dilemma"? 1
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August 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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How to place Epicureanism in relation to the modern tool of the scientific method 4
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September 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Essentialism? 3
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January 3, 2022 at 7:15 AM
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Issues In The Meaning And Definition of Logic 66
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August 17, 2021 at 9:10 AM
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Epistemology and Meteorology: Epicureanism and Scientific Debates 3
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February 21, 2020 at 6:22 AM
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"Dualism" and "Philology" 16
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January 22, 2020 at 11:18 PM
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Perspectivism
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December 3, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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Cartesian beliefs on sensory perception vs Epicurean knowledge acquired through the senses 6
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April 29, 2024 at 9:33 AM
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Making Epicurean Canonics Understandable 16
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