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    Supports→The dependence point alone does not show that the hard past isn't fixed.

    The dependence point identifies a structural feature of soft facts that undermines the premise that all past truths are equally fixed, shifting the burden of proof to the compatibilist about fixity.

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    Key Terms

    Fixed(as used to describe whether an action's probability is already decided)
    Already determined or settled; unable to change.
    Soft facts(metaphysics and philosophy of time)
    In philosophy of time, facts about the past that somehow depend on or are flexible about future events, rather than being completely fixed and determined.
    burden of proof(Used to frame the default presumption against coercive institutional structures.)
    The obligation on institutions employing authority, hierarchy, or domination to demonstrate that such arrangements are justified given existing conditions.
    compatibilism(Offered as a response to the traditional problem of free will)
    The philosophical position that free will and moral responsibility are compatible with determinism being true
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    A specific argument or observation showing that certain facts about the past logically depend on facts about the future, which challenges the idea that the past is completely independent and unchangeable.

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