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

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    2. "Universals In Ancient Philosophy" - Several Helpful Chapters 7

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    2. Clear But Not Convincing Evidence 7

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    2. How Do We Have Confidence In Dealing With Texts Written In Languages To Which We Are Not Native? 7

      • Cassius
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    2. On "Sober reasoning" 8

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      • August 23, 2019 at 4:11 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 25, 2019 at 9:17 AM

    2. Methods Or Considerations In Thinking 8

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    2. With Images And The Mind As A Supersensory Mechanism, Was Epicurus Suggesting A Form of "ESP"? 12

      • Cassius
      • December 15, 2018 at 8:21 AM
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    4. jbaker

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    2. Fixed or Unfixed 13

      • Charles
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    2. Carl Sagan's Cosmos Episode Seven "Backbone of the Night" - Good Summary of Problems with Plato 13

      • Cassius
      • January 24, 2023 at 6:57 PM
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    2. Making Epicurean Canonics Understandable 15

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      • October 30, 2020 at 6:49 PM
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    4. Elayne

      November 1, 2020 at 8:56 AM

    2. "Dualism" and "Philology" 16

      • Mike Anyayahan
      • January 25, 2020 at 1:30 AM
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    4. Charles

      January 25, 2020 at 1:30 AM

    2. Is reality real? (from Big Think) 20

      • Don
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    4. Cassius

      January 11, 2022 at 3:48 PM

    2. How To Place Epicurus In Relation To "Nominalism"? 25

      • Cassius
      • May 3, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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      May 3, 2024 at 5:33 PM

    2. Propositional Logic, Truth Tables, and Epicurus' Objection to "Dialectic" 39

      • Cassius
      • September 5, 2021 at 10:52 AM
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      October 12, 2021 at 3:47 PM

    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

      • Cassius
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    2. Issues In The Meaning And Definition of Logic 66

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    4. Cassius

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