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Making policy decisions under plural uncertainty: responding to the COVID-19 pandemic

In this paper, I contend that the uncertainty faced by policy-makers in the COVID-19 pandemic goes beyond the one modelled in standard decision theory. A philosophical analysis of the nature of this uncertainty could suggest some principles to guide policy-making.

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Autor principal: Ongaro, Malvina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8045439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33852123
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40656-021-00411-9
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spelling pubmed-80454392021-04-15 Making policy decisions under plural uncertainty: responding to the COVID-19 pandemic Ongaro, Malvina Hist Philos Life Sci Notes & Comments In this paper, I contend that the uncertainty faced by policy-makers in the COVID-19 pandemic goes beyond the one modelled in standard decision theory. A philosophical analysis of the nature of this uncertainty could suggest some principles to guide policy-making. Springer International Publishing 2021-04-14 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8045439/ /pubmed/33852123 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40656-021-00411-9 Text en © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Making policy decisions under plural uncertainty: responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
title Making policy decisions under plural uncertainty: responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full Making policy decisions under plural uncertainty: responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
title_fullStr Making policy decisions under plural uncertainty: responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Making policy decisions under plural uncertainty: responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
title_short Making policy decisions under plural uncertainty: responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort making policy decisions under plural uncertainty: responding to the covid-19 pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8045439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33852123
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