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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. What would Epicurus say about the fallacy of a "False Dilemma"? 1
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2. Epistemology and Meteorology: Epicureanism and Scientific Debates 3
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2. Circumstantial (Indirect) and Direct Evidence / Dogmatism vs Skepticism 18
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2. Discussion of Blog Article - "Reality Does Not Require Being Eternally The Same" 22
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2. Recent Article on "All Perceptions Are True" 2
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2. Would Epicurus Endorse "Occam's Razor?"
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2. Essentialism? 3
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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. 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. Primary Epistemology Cites from The Epicurean Texts
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2. V. Tsouna on "The method of multiple explanations" - Presentation and PDF
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2. Logical Fallacies Addressed In Epicurean Texts
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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. Epicurean Epilogismos - Phillip de Lacy
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2. Implications of the Role of Pleasure/Pain in the "Canon of Truth"
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2. Article by Zucca - Lucretius And The Epicurean View That All Perceptions Are True
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2. In Epicurean Philosophy Some Things Are "Facts" And Others Are Matters of Opinion.
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2. What Are The Essential Elements Of Any Canonical Faculty According to Epicurus?
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2. On The Meaning Of The Word "Canon"
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2. Epicurus' View of Aristotle's "Theory of Universals"
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2. Suggested on Facebook As Possibly Relevant to Epicurean Canonics "Wilding the Predictive Brain"
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2. "Are Intellectual Pleasures Found in Sense-Perception"
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2. Perspectivism
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2. How Should We Evaluate Abstractions? 2
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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. Infinitism in epistemology
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2. The Nature of Truth in Epicurus: ἀλήθεια 1
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2. Discussion of Article - "Sextus Empiricus - Introduction From An Epicurean Perspective" 5
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What would Epicurus say about the fallacy of a "False Dilemma"? 1

Epistemology and Meteorology: Epicureanism and Scientific Debates 3

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

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

Recent Article on "All Perceptions Are True" 2

Essentialism? 3

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

How Should We Evaluate Abstractions? 2

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

The Nature of Truth in Epicurus: ἀλήθεια 1

Discussion of Article - "Sextus Empiricus - Introduction From An Epicurean Perspective" 5

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