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.

    2. Analysis of Epicurean Canonics

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    2. Infinitism in epistemology

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    2. Comparing the Proof Requirements Of James Randi To Those of Epicurus

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

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    2. How Should We Evaluate Abstractions? 2

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      • December 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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    2. Perspectivism

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      • December 3, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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    2. 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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    2. "Are Intellectual Pleasures Found in Sense-Perception"

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      • August 14, 2021 at 1:44 PM
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    2. Epicurus' View of Aristotle's "Theory of Universals"

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      • January 26, 2021 at 8:16 AM
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    2. On The Meaning Of The Word "Canon"

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      • June 4, 2015 at 8:24 AM
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    2. What Are The Essential Elements Of Any Canonical Faculty According to Epicurus?

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      • June 12, 2024 at 8:23 AM
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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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    2. In Epicurean Philosophy Some Things Are "Facts" And Others Are Matters of Opinion.

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      • May 22, 2018 at 1:41 PM
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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. Implications of the Role of Pleasure/Pain in the "Canon of Truth"

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      • February 2, 2016 at 4:11 PM
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    2. Logical Fallacies Addressed In Epicurean Texts

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      • October 4, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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    2. V. Tsouna on "The method of multiple explanations" - Presentation and PDF

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    2. Epicurean Epilogismos - Phillip de Lacy

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    2. Primary Epistemology Cites from The Epicurean Texts

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      • April 30, 2015 at 11:47 AM
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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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    4. Cassius

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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. An Essay by Francis Bacon "Of Truth"

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      • August 30, 2023 at 11:32 PM
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    2. Essentialism? 3

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      • January 3, 2022 at 7:15 AM
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    2. Would Epicurus Endorse "Occam's Razor?"

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      • August 29, 2020 at 4:01 PM
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    2. Recent Article on "All Perceptions Are True" 2

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      • May 19, 2021 at 11:39 AM
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    2. Discussion of Blog Article - "Reality Does Not Require Being Eternally The Same" 22

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      • March 31, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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    2. Circumstantial (Indirect) and Direct Evidence / Dogmatism vs Skepticism 18

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      • March 17, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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    2. Epistemology and Meteorology: Epicureanism and Scientific Debates 3

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      • February 21, 2020 at 7:36 AM
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    2. What would Epicurus say about the fallacy of a "False Dilemma"? 1

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    2. Thoughts On The Alleged "Fourth Leg of the Canon" 2

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      • May 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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    2. 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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