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    It is not the case that Problems do not preexist inquiry

    ?Set your confidence on the premises below to see your aggregate.

    Reasons For

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Some problems are constituted by mind-independent structural features of reality that obtain prior to any cognitive engagement with them.
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    • 2.The Gettier problem, for instance, existed as a genuine logical gap in justified true belief accounts before anyone articulated it.
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    • 3.If a problem can be discovered rather than constructed, its existence cannot depend on the inquiry that reveals it.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Dewey conflates the epistemic conditions required to recognize a problem with the ontological conditions required for the problem to exist.
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    • 2.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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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.What is initially present in inquiry is indeterminate rather than a fully formed problem
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    • 2.A problem must be specifically formulated through the process of inquiry itself
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