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    The phi-phenomenon and flash-lag effect can be explained ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Retentional models have a distinct advantage over Extensional models in accommodating temporal illusions such as the flash-lag effect and the phi-phenomenon.

    The phi-phenomenon and flash-lag effect can be explained by predictive interpolation operating over discrete extensional snapshots, as argued by Dennett in 'Consciousness Explained' through the Multiple Drafts model.

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    Daniel Dennett(The statement references his specific philosophical framework)
    A contemporary American philosopher famous for arguing that consciousness and the mind can be fully explained by physical processes in the brain, without needing any mysterious or special mental properties.
    Extensional snapshots(as pieces of raw information the brain works with)
    Individual, frozen moments of sensory information—like discrete frames in a video—that the brain receives at any given instant.
    Multiple Drafts model(as the main concept being explained)
    A theory suggesting that your brain doesn't create one single, unified experience of the world. Instead, it's more like your brain is constantly creating multiple overlapping versions of what's happening, kind of like how a document might have different draft versions.
    Predictive interpolation(as an explanation for how the brain creates the illusion of smooth motion)

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    The brain's process of filling in gaps by guessing what should happen next based on patterns it detects, rather than just passively recording what it sees.
    flash-lag effect(Cited as an example of apparent retro-active causation occurring over brief intervals.)
    A temporal illusion in which a stimulus occurring after time t retroactively affects the character of what is perceived as occurring at t.
    phi-phenomenon(Grouped with the flash-lag effect as motivating examples for Grush's argument.)
    A temporal illusion falling in the category where a later stimulus affects perception of an earlier moment t, constituting a case of apparent retro-active causation.

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