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    It is not the case that This regress, identified by Gurwitsch and later Barry Dainton, means that Retentionalism implicitly presupposes the very extended temporal window it claims to derive from momentary states.

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    • 1.Retentionism need not derive extension from moments; it can treat retention as a primitive phenomenological feature alongside content.
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    • 2.The regress argument conflates explaining temporal experience with explaining temporal structure itself—distinct philosophical tasks.
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    • 3.Many theories presuppose core concepts (e.g., physicalism presupposes the physical); circularity alone doesn't refute a framework.
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    • 1.Retentionalism explains temporal experience by positing retentions of recent past states in consciousness at each moment.
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    • 2.But retentions themselves require temporal extension to distinguish retention-of-X from retention-of-Y, creating circular dependency.
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    • 3.Without presupposing extended duration, retentionism cannot explain how momentary states contain differential temporal content.
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