Covid-19 Pandemic

Panagiotis Karadimas received his PhD in philosophy of science at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. His research interests include scientific explanation, theory of science, and philosophy of social sciences.

• Introduction: Public Interest Explanations VS Public Choice Explanations.- Viral Mitigation: Weak Theoretical Underpinnings.- The World Stampeded: From Mass Hysteria to Prolonged Mass Hysteria.- Tradeoffs and Knock-on Effects.- Public Choice Theory: An Explanation of the Pandemic Policy Responses.- Epilogue: The Sound Scientific Grounds of Public Choice Theory.