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