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Decisions under uncertainty are more messy than they seem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2023

Jarno Tuominen Open the ORCID record for Jarno Tuominen [Opens in a new window]
Jarno Tuominen*
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Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland jarno.tuominen@utu.fi https://www.utu.fi/en/people/jarno-tuominen Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki, FI-00100 Helsinki, Finland. jarno.tuominen@helsinki.fi
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Abstract

Conviction Narrative Theory (CNT) is conceptually so multifaceted as to make critical evaluation difficult. It also omits one course of action: Active engagement with the world. Parsing the developmental and mechanistic processes within CNT would allow for a rigorous research programme to put the account under test. I propose a unifying account based on active inference.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e109
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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