 Alternatively, the causal theorist might retreat to a local conception of traces, but doing so might not enable him to avoid this difficulty. Any causal theorist who acknowledges the constructive character of remembering must acknowledge that, when one remembers, while some of the content of the retrieved representation presumably originates in one’s experience of the remembered event, the remainder may originate in one’s experience of other events. This implies that one may satisfy the appropriate causation condition with respect not only to the remembered event but also with respect to the other events in question. Given that one does not remember the other events, satisfaction of the appropriate causation condition cannot be sufficient for remembering. Overall, it is unclear whether the appropriate causation condition is sufficient for remembering, regardless of whether a distributed conception or a local conception of traces is adopted.