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    It is not the case that If a problem can be discovered rather than constructed, its existence cannot depend on the inquiry that reveals it.

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    • 1.Discovery language itself may be metaphorical; identifying a problem could constitute its emergence.
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    • 2.Problems require a framework of values or interests; without inquiry, no framework interprets phenomena as problems.
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    • 3.The distinction between discovering and constructing problems collapses under examination of social problems.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Mathematical truths like prime numbers exist independently of mathematicians discovering them.
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    • 2.Discovery presupposes a discoverer finding something that was already present, not creating it.
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    • 3.If inquiry created problems, different inquiries would create different problems, contradicting objectivity.
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