{"id":134224,"date":"2024-09-30T11:29:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T08:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azbuki.bg\/?p=134224"},"modified":"2025-08-11T12:48:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:48:05","slug":"fundamental-uncertainty-in-clinical-judgment-a-phenomenological-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philosophy.azbuki.bg\/en\/uncategorized\/fundamental-uncertainty-in-clinical-judgment-a-phenomenological-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Fundamental Uncertainty in Clinical Judgment: A Phenomenological Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Alexander Gungov<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Sofia University<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2024-03-03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2024-03-03<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract.<\/strong> From a phenomenological perspective, clinical practice features a special type of uncertainty that in the present article is characterized as \u201cfundamental uncertainty.\u201d Unlike routine uncertainty and acrisia, the fundamental uncertainty is due to the abductive reasoning inherent to the clinical process. This type of reasoning differs from deductive necessity and inductive probability in the direction of \u201cthe best explanation.\u201d In the light of \u201cthe best clinical explanation\u201d and \u201cthe optimal clinical action\u201d the four stages of clinical practice: anamnesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis are viewed. Their interconnection within a teleological and reflective circularity is underlined. The intersubjective character of the transcendental constitution of all stages of the clinical process is taken into account.<br \/>\n<em>Keywords:<\/em> fundamental uncertainty, abduction, clinical practice, teleological circularity<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/philosophy.azbuki.bg\/en\/member-login\/\">Log in to read the full text<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Gungov Sofia University https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2024-03-03 Abstract. From a phenomenological perspective, clinical practice features a special type of uncertainty that in the present article is characterized as \u201cfundamental uncertainty.\u201d Unlike routine uncertainty and acrisia, the fundamental uncertainty is due to the abductive reasoning inherent to the clinical process. 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