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    If there is a being who infallibly knows everything that ... — Carmelics
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    If there is a being who infallibly knows everything that will happen in the future, no human being has any control over the future.

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    • The argument showing that an infallibly foreknown act is not under the agent's control can be applied to any infallibly foreknown act of any human being.
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    • 1.Boethius and Aquinas argue God exists in eternal simultaneity, perceiving all of time at once rather than foreknowing it sequentially.
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    • 2.An eternal being's timeless knowledge of an act no more removes its freedom than a present observer's witnessing removes the freedom of an act seen now.
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    • 3.If simultaneous knowledge of a free act does not eliminate freedom, then God's atemporal 'foreknowledge' poses no special threat to human control.
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    • 1.God's knowledge of future acts may be grounded in those acts themselves, meaning the acts cause the foreknowledge, not vice versa.
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    • 2.If foreknowledge is causally downstream of free acts, the agent retains control over both the act and the fact of its being foreknown.
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    The same argument can be applied to any infallibly foreknown act of any human being. If there is a being who infallibly knows everything that will happen in the future, no human being has any control over the future.
    Extraction notes

    Validity: The passage explicitly states that the argument applies to any infallibly foreknown act of any human being, and draws the conclusion that if a being infallibly knows everything future, no human has control over the future—the extracted argument faithfully captures this generalization step.

    Confidence: The passage states the conclusion explicitly and offers the generalizability of the argument as the premise. The underlying argument structure is clear, though the referenced 'same argument' is not fully spelled out in this excerpt.

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