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    A God whose past beliefs are 'unfixed' because dependent ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The principle of the fixity of the past should be replaced with the principle of the fixity of the independent.

    A God whose past beliefs are 'unfixed' because dependent on future contingents cannot serve as the epistemic anchor that theological fatalism requires, dissolving rather than solving the foreknowledge problem.

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    Theological fatalism(the main argument being referenced)
    The idea that if God knows the future perfectly, then the future is already fixed and unavoidable—nothing we do can change what will happen.
    contingents (or contingent facts)(as used in metaphysics)
    Events or truths that could have happened differently; things that are not necessary or guaranteed to be true.
    dependent on(as used in logic and metaphysics)
    Relying on something else to determine its nature or truth value; caused by or determined by something else.
    epistemic anchor(as used in theology and epistemology)
    Something that serves as a reliable, unchanging foundation for knowledge or justified belief; like a ground truth that everything else can be measured against.
    foreknowledge problem

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    (as used in philosophy of religion)
    The philosophical puzzle of how God can know what will happen in the future without making those future events predetermined or removing human freedom.
    knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
    Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.
    unfixed (in metaphysical sense)(as used in metaphysics and theology)
    Not settled or determined yet; still open to change or multiple possibilities.

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