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The notion of "immanent causation¹" has recently been revived and put to work on behalf of the doctrine of temporal parts. After a glimpse at the role immanent causation² played in the theories of Lotze, W. E. Johnson and C. D. Broad, I describe the task set for it by contemporary temporal parts theorists, such as D. M. Armstrong. I then build up an analysis of immanent causation³ which serves the new purpose and show how immanent causation⁴ has a place even in the theories of those who reject the metaphysics of temporal parts.