The linguistic distinction between 'would have been different' and 'would be changed' cannot bear the metaphysical weight needed to dissolve the fixity-of-the-past intuition underlying the incompatibilist argument.

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Fixity of the past(Invoked to block the inference from Kurt's power to refrain to Kurt's power to change God's prior knowledge): The thesis that no one has the power to change facts about the past
Linguistic distinction(in philosophy of language): A difference in how we use words or language to talk about something, rather than a difference in what actually exists.
determinism(Discussion of classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and general relativity): A property of physical theories concerning whether the laws governing a system fully fix future (and past) states given present conditions; admits of degrees ('fall only a bit short')
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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