ABSTRACT
The topic of "memory causation" is a core topic in the philosophy of memory and has attracted a good amount of philosophical attention. Factual and recollective memories are different kinds of memory, but they have various features in common. Furthermore, it also seems plausible to accept that in order for a subject to be said to remember something factually or recollectively, it is necessary that the information which the relevant memory provides her with is (more or less) accurate. When contemporary philosophers talk about the topic of "memory causation", sooner or later they will refer to a seminal paper by Martin and Deutscher, published under the title "Remembering" in 1966. Following Martin and Deutscher, a defender of a causal theory of memory might hold that each of these three conditions is necessary, and that taken together, they are also sufficient for a mental state or event to count as a factual or recollective memory.
