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    It is not the case that The argument conflates the context of discovery with the context of justification; ethical choices in experimental design do not thereby validate values within inference itself.

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    • 1.Experimental design choices (sampling, blinding, controls) directly constitute justificatory standards, not merely discover facts.
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    • 2.Ethical constraints on research (e.g., informed consent, harm reduction) substantively shape what inferences are epistemically warranted.
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    • 3.The sharp discovery/justification distinction oversimplifies; design values embed implicit inferential commitments throughout analysis.
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    • 1.Discovery (how we find hypotheses) and justification (why we believe them) are logically distinct processes with different standards.
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    • 2.Ethical choices in methodology are prescriptive about conduct, not descriptive about evidence quality or logical validity.
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    • 3.A well-designed study can be ethically sound yet still contain inferential fallacies independent of its ethical framework.
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