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    It is not the case that Husserl's retentional model shows that each phase of experience retains the entire preceding temporal arc, not merely a shared middle segment.

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    • 1.Full retention of entire arc at each phase would require exponential memory growth, making the model empirically implausible psychologically.
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    • 2.Husserlian texts suggest primal impression anchors retention; this implies hierarchy, not equal access to all preceding phases.
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    • 3.If each phase retains everything, the distinction between vivid present content and fading past becomes theoretically mysterious.
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    • 1.Consciousness of melody requires access to prior notes; retention of entire arc explains unified perception without external memory.
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    • 2.Husserlian retention prevents infinite regress: each phase carries full history, so no new retentional act is needed for earlier content.
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    • 3.Phenomenological evidence shows we experience temporal wholes (e.g., a sentence's meaning), not discrete instants, supporting comprehensive retention.
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