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    It is not the case that Cambridge-change is compatible with full actuality, so immutability in the strong sense does not follow from the absence of unrealized potentialities.

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    • 1.If Cambridge-changes are genuine changes (not merely conceptual), then entities undergoing them do acquire new modal or relational properties.
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    • 2.Acquiring new properties—even relational ones—constitutes a real change incompatible with strong immutability as traditionally conceived.
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    • 3.The claim conflates metaphysical change with epistemic relativity, obscuring rather than resolving the immutability question.
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    • 1.Cambridge-changes (like ceasing to be seen) involve no intrinsic alteration, only relational shifts external to the entity itself.
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    • 2.An entity with no unrealized potentialities can still undergo Cambridge-changes without acquiring new intrinsic properties or powers.
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    • 3.Strong immutability requires absence of all change, not just absence of potentiality; these are logically distinct conditions.
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