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    It is not the case that Consciousness is discontinuous, despite appearing continuous

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    • 1.The blind spot and saccadic gaps are filled in by neural completion processes that are themselves constitutive of experience, not mere illusions masking it.
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    • 2.Dennett's 'multiple drafts' model shows that distinguishing 'real' discontinuity from 'apparent' continuity presupposes a Cartesian theater no serious physicalist can accept.
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    • 3.If the completion process is part of consciousness itself, the discontinuity/continuity distinction collapses rather than vindicating discontinuity.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Husserl's phenomenology of inner time-consciousness demonstrates that retention and protention structurally bind temporal moments into a unified flowing stream irreducible to discrete snapshots.
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    • 2.The argument from blind spots conflates the spatial structure of the retina with the temporal structure of consciousness, which are distinct levels of analysis.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.The blind spot demonstrates a discontinuity in visual experience
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    • 2.Saccadic gaps demonstrate further discontinuities in visual experience
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    • 3.The apparent continuity of consciousness is an appearance that masks underlying discontinuity
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