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    A surgeon who dies before diagnosing a patient's tumor do... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Problems do not preexist inquiry

    A surgeon who dies before diagnosing a patient's tumor does not retroactively eliminate the pathological condition that was already causing harm.

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    • 1.Physical pathology exists independently of human awareness or knowledge of it.
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    • 2.The surgeon's death is causally subsequent to the tumor's existence and harm.
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    • 3.Ontological facts about past events cannot be altered by later events.
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    • 1.The 'pathological condition' relevant to clinical practice is the diagnosed, treatable illness, not mere cellular abnormality.
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    • 2.A tumor causing no measurable harm, suffering, or treatment opportunity is clinically and experientially distinct from one that was diagnosed.
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    • 3.The claim conflates metaphysical reality with epistemic and pragmatic medical categories defined by knowledge and intervention.
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