What explains change? Edward Feser argues in his ‘Aristotelian proof’ that the only adequate answer to these questions is ultimately in terms of an unchangeable, purely actual being. In this paper, I target the cogency of Feser’s reasoning to such an answer. In particular, I present novel paths of criticism—both undercutting and rebutting—against one of Feser’s central premises. I then argue that Feser’s inference that the unactualized actualizer lacks any potentialities contains a number of non-sequiturs.

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亚里士多德证明的第一阶段：批判性评估

是什么解释了变化？爱德华·费瑟（Edward Feser）在他的“亚里士多德论证”中指出，对这些问题的唯一适当答案最终将是基于不变的，纯粹的实际存在。在本文中，我将费瑟的推理能力定位于这样的答案。特别是，我提出了一种针对费瑟中心前提之一的新颖的批评途径-削弱和反驳。然后，我认为费瑟关于未实现的实现者缺乏任何潜力的推论包含了许多不合逻辑的说法。