In her newly-published paper "Good and Bad Reasoning about COVID-19" in Informal Logic, our Prof. Louise Cummings discussed instances of good and bad reasoning observed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prof. Cummings examined errors in reasoning in which people, agencies, and governments respond to the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2. Their responses have revealed a range of judgements and decisions, not all of which are rationally warranted, and several of which have reduced the public's compliance with important health measures. She also analysed the rationally warranted reasoning about COVID-19 employed by public health agencies.
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