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    Challenges→CPP is weaker than the claim that Jones' act at t2 causes God's belief at t1.

    Fischer's own transfer-of-powerlessness principle applies equally to non-causal dependencies, so CPP's weakness relative to causation is dialectically irrelevant to the original incompatibilist argument.

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    CPP(Weaker than PPP for arguments involving conditionals)
    A conception of validity on which an argument preserves certainty: if probability 1 is assigned to the premises, probability 1 must be assigned to the conclusion
    Dialectically irrelevant(describing whether CPP's weakness matters to the larger discussion)
    Not actually important to the debate or argument being made, even though it might seem like it at first glance.
    Fischer(philosopher reference)
    John Martin Fischer, an American philosopher known for his work on free will and moral responsibility, especially regarding how God's knowledge relates to human freedom.
    Non-causal dependencies(as contrasted with causal relationships)
    Situations where one thing determines or depends on another thing, but not through a normal cause-and-effect relationship; like how the rules of math determine what's true without 'causing' it in the usual sense.

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    Transfer-of-powerlessness principle(as Fischer's argument about responsibility)
    An idea that if you can't control some basic fact, and that fact completely determines everything else that happens, then you can't control those other things either—like dominoes falling.
    incompatibilism(The passage questions whether survey respondents who endorse incompatibilist conclusions genuinely hold incompatibilist views.)
    The view that free will and moral responsibility are incompatible with determinism.

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