One distinction from the causal flow of determinism is transeunt causes vs. immanent causes. Chisholm defended the view of agent-causation, where agents are capable of causing their own acts. This is the idea of the “uncaused cause” as he states that events cannot happen by chance and have to be caused by something, the agent.
To explain transeunt and immanent causation, the game of billiards is needed. Transeunt causation, or event causation, is where an event causes movement, while immanent causation shows that agents cause an event by themselves without other events influencing them, they are the prime mover unmoved. In billiards, the transeunt causation would be the stick moving to hit the white ball which then moves to hit another ball.
To explain transeunt and immanent causation, the game of billiards is needed. Transeunt causation, or event causation, is where an event causes movement, while immanent causation shows that agents cause an event by themselves without other events influencing them, they are the prime mover unmoved. In billiards, the transeunt causation would be the stick moving to hit the white ball which then moves to hit another ball.