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The epistemic uncertainty of COVID-19: failures and successes of heuristics in clinical decision-making
Mind and Society 20 (1):149-154 (2020)
Abstract
The brief article deals with the following questions: Was the adaptive toolbox of heuristics ecologically rational and specifically accurate in the initial stages of COVID-19, which was characterized by epistemic uncertainty? In other words, in dealing with COVID-19 did the environmental structural variables allow the success of a given heuristic strategy?Other Versions
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