Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Tad M. Schmaltz -- Part I Ancient and Medieval -- 1. Aristotle and the Discovery of Efficient Causation, Thomas M. Tuozzo -- Reflection: Representations of Efficient Causation in the Iliad, Tobias Myers -- 2. Efficient Causation in the Stoic Tradition, R. J. Hankinson -- 3. Efficient Causation in Late Antiquity and the Earlier Medieval Era, Ian Wilks -- 4. Efficient Causation: From Ibn Sina to Ockham, Kara Richardson -- Reflection: Efficient Causation and Musical Inspiration, Anna Harwell Celenza -- Part II Modern -- 5. Efficient Causation: From Suárez to Descartes, Tad M. Schmaltz -- 6. Efficient Causation in Spinoza and Leibniz, Martin Lin -- Reflection: Reason, Calculating Machines and Efficient Causation, Matthew L. Jones -- 7. Efficient Causation in Malebranche and Berkeley, Lisa Downing -- 8. Efficient Causation in Hume, P. J. E. Kail -- 9. Efficient Causation in Kant, Eric Watkins -- Part III Contemporary -- 10. Contemporary Efficient Causation: Humean Themes, Douglas Ehring -- Reflection:Efficient Causation in Art, Tina Rivers -- 11. Contemporary Efficient Causation: Aristotelian Themes, Stephen Mumford -- Bibliography -- Pre-20th-Century Sources -- 20th- and 21st-Century Literature -- Index.