This causal-object distinction grounds fundamentally different etiological explanations: one involves misrepresentation of something present, the other involves representation of something absent.

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Causal-object distinction(as used in philosophy of mind and epistemology): A philosophical separation between two different things: what causes something to happen versus what that something is about or represents.
Etiological(Contrasted with epistemological to show Descartes's criterion doesn't answer this question): Having to do with the origin or cause of something—where it came from or what created it.
Representation of something absent(as used in philosophy of mind): When your mind depicts or thinks about something that isn't physically present right now—like imagining your childhood home or remembering a conversation.
misrepresentation(teleological theories of mental content): A representation being produced in response to a stimulus that does not match the conditions under which it is supposed to be produced, according to its teleological function

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