2004 Mitsubishi Eclipse Clutch and flywheel?

The paddle shifters are for controling an automatic trans, there isnt a "clutch" persay, there is a flexplate, but not a flywheel. When you put the floor shifter in a certain position, it tells the computer that you are going to use the paddles and hands control over to those. It is just like using the floor shifter to shift every gear instead of leaving it in drive and letting the computer do it all