Confused by The First Way

[Geremia]

In my Duhem feed, I discovered this recent article (which cites his "Note on the Validity of the Principles of Inertia and Conservation of Energy, reproduced in God: His Existence and His Nature vol. 2 by Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P.):

• Gaven Kerr, "A Deeper Look at Aquinas's First Way," Nova et Vetera 20, no. 2 (2022): 461–84.

The end of Kerr's article addresses an argument contra Feser regarding "existential inertia".

[Aristotle]

Gaven Kerr, "A Deeper Look at Aquinas's First Way," Nova et Vetera 20, no. 2 (2022): 461–84.

Hmm... very interesting. I'll have to give it a read. Is it a defense of the first way?

The end of Kerr's article addresses an argument contra Feser regarding "existential inertia".

I'm afraid any argument for "existential inertia" is bound to fail. I would certainly know given that I've attempted to defend it for a while. In any case, is this article a defense of the first way or is it rather an addressing of Feser's Aristotelian argument? If it's the latter than I highly doubt I'd find any disagreement with it, given that I am very fond of that argument - though it is most certainly not the First Way, I would argue. If it's the former though, would you kindly give a summary of the defense? I'd be eager to see what can be made of the first way.

[Geremia]

Is it a defense of the first way?

Yes.