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#YouShouldBelieveHer

Posted on 29 June 2020 by Mona Simion

We believe what other people tell us. I trust that you are on the way to the mall if you tell me you are on the way to the mall; I believe that the price of oil has gone down because I heard it on the news. In the summer I will go hiking in
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The epistemic predicament of the conspiracy theorist

Posted on 15 June 2020 by Tommaso Piazza

A group of international public health scientists has recently published a statement in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet about the origins of the Sars-CoV-2 virus, the pathogen responsible for the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. In their statement, they report that on the basis of the publication and analysis of its genomes, scientists from
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Ethicists, hold your horses (Part 2)

Posted on 1 June 2020 by Fleur Jongepier

Fleur Jongepier                                                 Karin Jongsma In Part 1 we have argued that it’s better if ethicists do not publish their takes on triage at this moment. A democratic discussion One might rightly worry:
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Ethicists, hold your horses (Part 1)

Posted on 18 May 2020 by Fleur Jongepier

    Fleur Jongepier                         Karin Jongsma If intensive care beds or ventilators run out, who should be saved? And how should such decisions be morally justified? These are horrible, indeed impossible, decisions that clinicians currently face, or may be confronted with in the (near)
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