"Now, when we say of any occurrence that it is 'physical', we mean thereby that it is potentially describable in physical terms. (Otherwise the expression would be wholly meaningless.) So it is perfectly correct, to state that, in every happening with which our sensory nerves are associated, we find, after we have abstracted therefrom every known or imaginable physical component, certain categorically nonphysical residua."
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John William Dunne
John William Dunne FRAeS (2 December 1875 – 24 August 1949) was a British aeronautical engineer, philosopher and author. In the early 20th century, he developed the first stable aircraft, many of a characteristic tailless swept-wing design. He later became known as a philosopher through his theory of serialism, on the nature of time and consciousness.
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