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    Therefore, the fixity of the past is compatible with free... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→You will not perform any future act freely.

    Therefore, the fixity of the past is compatible with freedom, because the relevant past belief would itself have been different had your free choice been different.

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    • 1.If a belief's truth-value depends on future events, then the past belief itself (not just reality) is counterfactually dependent on those events.
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    • 2.Counterfactual dependence of past facts on present choices is sufficient to preserve libertarian freedom without violating temporal order.
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    • 3.God's or a time-symmetric universe's omniscient beliefs can be re-indexed to different possible worlds without requiring backward causation.
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    • 1.The past is fixed means no fact about the past can vary relative to present choices—including what anyone believed, even God or observers.
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    • 2.Saying 'the belief would have been different' either requires changing the past (impossible) or denies fixity itself (contradicts the premise).
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    • 3.Counterfactual variation in beliefs across possible worlds doesn't make your choice free *in this world* if this world's past is already settled.
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