Canonics - The Tests of Truth: The Five Senses, Anticipations, and Feelings of Pleasure and Pain

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Canonics - General Discussion and Navigation

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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Clear But Not Convincing Evidence
Cassius October 22, 2024 at 5:26 AM
Logical Fallacies Addressed In Epicurean Texts
Cassius October 4, 2024 at 4:39 PM

He Who Says Nothing Can Be Known Knows Nothing - Rejection of Skepticism

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David Sedley's "Epicurean Theories of Knowledge
Cassius August 22, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Key Citations - Knowledge Is Possible
Cassius October 4, 2023 at 7:53 PM

All Sensations Are True - The Nature of Truth

Was Epicurus An Empiricist?
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Empiricisms of Antiquity - Book excerpt
Kalosyni January 30, 2024 at 10:05 AM
The Issue of The Untrustworthiness of the Senses
Don April 11, 2021 at 5:41 PM

The Five Senses

Sight, Sound, Touch, Taste, Smell
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Memorable Line from Lucretius Book IV: "The Eyes Can Know Nothing of the Nature of Things"
Cassius January 2, 2021 at 9:17 AM
Epicurean Perceptual Content by A. Gavran Milos
Godfrey December 5, 2020 at 1:47 PM

Rejection of Dialectical Logic and Skepticism

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Epicurus' Rejection of Dialectic (Cicero's De Oratore)
Cassius August 15, 2024 at 12:49 PM
The dangers of dialectical logic
DavidN January 26, 2024 at 10:34 PM

The Priority of Nature Over Reason

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Keen Reasoning Based on the Evidence of the Senses
Cassius November 29, 2022 at 11:13 AM
General Principles For Evaluating Credibility Of Claims And Detecting Deceit
Charles November 29, 2022 at 10:47 AM

The Embrace of Practical Reason

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Mulitvalent or Manifold Reasoning / Fuzzy Logic
Kalosyni October 24, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Nausiphanes' Tripod
Godfrey March 16, 2022 at 6:02 PM

Rejection Of Atomic Reductionism

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Epicurus' Rejection of "Reductionist Atomism" (And The Related Issues of Skepticism and Determinism)
Cassius February 24, 2024 at 2:12 PM
DeWitt on Epicurus' Criticism of Leucippus (and Democritus)
Cassius September 5, 2023 at 1:51 PM

Anticipations / Preconceptions / Prolepsis

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The Definitive "Are Beavers Born With The Innate Disposition To Build Dams, Or Do They Learn It From Older Beavers?" Thread
Joshua August 29, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Prolepsis Citations from Long & Sedley
Cassius August 28, 2024 at 6:29 AM

The Feelings / Passions / Internal Sensations: Pleasure and Pain

Feeling: The Faculty of Pleasure and Pain
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Discussion of Article: "On Pleasure, Pain and Happiness"
Cassius February 12, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Pleasure And Pain Modeled With Math
Martin December 11, 2023 at 7:27 PM

Explaining Why Illusions Do Not Invalidate Reliance on The Senses

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Purpose of this Subforum - Explaining How Illusions Are Corrected By The Senses Themselves
Bryan May 6, 2024 at 3:19 PM

Explaining Epicurus' Position On The "Size of the Sun" And Related Issues of Speculative Math / Geometry

Explaining Epicurus' Position On The "Size of the Sun" And Related Issues of Speculative Math / Geometry
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"Lucretius on the Size of the Sun", by T.H.M. Gellar-Goad
Don June 16, 2022 at 7:38 AM
Why Is Physics Important? To Refute Arguments such as these:
Cassius July 31, 2019 at 9:09 PM

"Images" And Their Significance

"Images" And Their Significance
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Was The Epicurean Theory of Images Meant By Epicurus To Take The Place of Conventional Views of "Memory" As A Storage Mechanism?
Cassius April 21, 2021 at 2:19 PM
Cross-Reference: Discussion of Images Impacting the Mind in Lucretius Today Podcast 60
Cassius March 1, 2021 at 8:59 AM

Modern Research Into Issues Relevant to Canonics

Issues relating to modern research will appear throughout the other forums, but this subforum is specifically devoted to modern researchers whose work is relevant to modern scientific perspectives on issues related to "canonics," including brain functions, rather than primarily philosophical in nature.
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Embodied Cognitive Science
Pacatus July 27, 2023 at 12:31 PM
Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit
Cassius September 21, 2021 at 11:15 AM

Opposition To Epicurean Canonics

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Plotinus and Epicurean Epistemology by Lloyd P. Gerson
Eoghan Gardiner June 11, 2023 at 1:10 PM

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