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    Abduction and styles of scientific thinking
    with Claus Emmeche
    Synthese 198 (2): 1397-1425. 2019.
    In philosophy of science, the literature on abduction and the literature on styles of thinking have existed almost totally in parallel. Here, for the first time, we bring them together and explore their mutual relevance. What is the consequence of the existence of several styles of scientific thinking for abduction? Can abduction, as a general creative mode of inference, have distinct characteristic forms within each style? To investigate this, firstly, we present the concept of abduction; secon…Read more
  •  45
    Abduction: Can Non-human Animals Make Discoveries?
    with Claus Emmeche
    Biosemiotics 10 (2): 295-313. 2017.
    The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between information and abductive reasoning in the context of problem-solving, focusing on non-human animals. Two questions guide our investigation: What is the relation between information and abductive reasoning in the context of human and non-human animals? Do non-human animals perform discovery based on inferential processes such as abductive reasoning? In order to answer these questions, we discuss the semiotic concept of information …Read more
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    This paper investigates epistemological and ethical implications of the growingavailability of direct-to-consumer genetic testing for the science and society. Direct-toconsumer genetic testing is characterized as the genetic testing sold directly to consumerswithout any assistance from professionals. By offering empowerment and control, companiesconvince consumers to sequence their genome by granting the company access to theirgenetic data in exchange to results that are not always accurate. To …Read more
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    Think positive! Resolving human motion ambiguity in the presence of disease threat
    with Ana C. Magalhães, Fábio Silva, Inês Lameirinha, and Sandra C. Soares
    Cognition and Emotion 38 (1): 71-89. 2024.
    Recently, approach-avoidance tendencies and visual perception biases have been increasingly studied using bistable point-light walkers (PLWs). Prior studies have found a facing-the-viewer bias when one is primed with general threat stimuli (e.g. angry faces), explained by the “error management theory”, as failing to detect a threat as approaching is riskier than the opposite. Importantly, no study has explored how disease threat – linked to the behavioural immune system – might affect this bias.…Read more
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    Knowledge-driven profile dynamics
    with Eduardo Fermé, Marco Garapa, Maurício D. L. Reis, Yuri Almeida, and Teresa Paulino
    Artificial Intelligence 331 (C): 104117. 2024.