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To examine the historical and conceptual transition in medical clinical reasoning from experience-based intuitive deduction to standardized algorithmic decision-making.

August 20, 2026Social Studies of ScienceOpen Access

From Clues to Algorithms in Clinical Reasoning

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To examine the historical and conceptual transition in medical clinical reasoning from experience-based intuitive deduction to standardized algorithmic decision-making.
Analyzed historical shifts in medical diagnostic methodology from mid-20th-century practice to contemporary clinical medicine.
Evaluated the epistemological transition from apprenticeship-based tacit judgment to formalized if–then logic, decision trees, and clinical protocols.
Mid-20th-century empirical evaluations identified significant variability and diagnostic errors in subjective clinical observations, undermining confidence in intuition-based practice.
Medicine transitioned toward standardized conditional logic, decision trees, and numerical indexes, establishing the algorithmic framework for evidence-based medicine and risk-factor management.

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Historical analysis demonstrates a paradigm shift from intuitive diagnostic clues to algorithmic logic in clinical medicine, highlighting the foundation of modern evidence-based practice.

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David Armstrong (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a86b5978a91293e6a1cd15f https://doi.org/10.1177/03063127261467733

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Historical analysis demonstrates a paradigm shift from intuitive diagnostic clues to algorithmic logic in clinical medicine, highlighting the foundation of modern evidence-based practice.

From Clues to Algorithms in Clinical Reasoning

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