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The epistemic uncertainty of COVID-19: failures and successes of heuristics in clinical decision-making

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  • Riccardo Viale

    (University of Milano-Bicocca)

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The brief article deals with the following questions: Was the adaptive toolbox of heuristics ecologically rational and specifically accurate in the initial stages of COVID-19, which was characterized by epistemic uncertainty? In other words, in dealing with COVID-19 did the environmental structural variables allow the success of a given heuristic strategy?

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  • Riccardo Viale, 2021. "The epistemic uncertainty of COVID-19: failures and successes of heuristics in clinical decision-making," Mind & Society: Cognitive Studies in Economics and Social Sciences, Springer;Fondazione Rosselli, vol. 20(1), pages 149-154, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:minsoc:v:20:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1007_s11299-020-00262-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s11299-020-00262-0
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