The impossibility of an actual infinite regress of causes is not self-evident and has been coherently denied by thinkers from Aristotle's eternal cosmos to contemporary infinitist metaphysics.

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Aristotle: Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher who lived over 2,000 years ago and is one of the most influential thinkers in Western history. He studied nearly every subject—from animals and plants to politics and ethics—and developed practical ways of thinking that shaped how people understand the world. His ideas on logic, nature, and how to live a good life are still taught and debated today because he focused on observing the real world rather than just abstract theories.
Causality/causes(as used in metaphysics): The relationship where one thing makes another thing happen; the idea that everything has something that brought it into existence or made it the way it is.
Eternal cosmos(as used in cosmology and ancient philosophy): The idea that the universe has always existed and will always exist, with no beginning or end.
Infinitist metaphysics(as used in contemporary philosophy): A modern philosophical view that accepts infinite regresses as possible or real, arguing that not everything needs a first cause or ultimate explanation.

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