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My paper ‘Simulating Clinical Judgment’ was written in response to a request, from the organizers of this symposium, to give an account of my work in a way which would provoke philosophical comment. Having now studied Ernan McMullin’s commentary on my paper I think I may claim to have achieved a certain measure of success in this endeavor, although McMullin’s comments are, I must admit, not quite what I expected.

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  1. Atkin, R. H.: 1974, Mathematical Structure in Human Affairs, Crane and Russak, New York.

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  2. Gedye, J. L.: 1979, ‘Simulating Clinical Judgment (1): An Essay in Technological Psychology’, this volume, pp. 93–113.

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  3. McMullin, E.: 1979, ‘A Clinician’s Quest for Certainty’, this volume, pp. 115–129.

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Gedye, J.L. (1979). A Reply to Ernan McMullin. In: Engelhardt, H.T., Spicker, S.F., Towers, B. (eds) Clinical Judgment: A Critical Appraisal. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9399-0_9

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