The Background - Revision history

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	to a traditional picture-gallery of conceptions which convey no authentic information of the background and obtrude irrelevancies into the scheme of knowledge."<ref>Arthur Eddington, ''The Nature of the Physical World'' (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929), xi.</ref>		to a traditional picture-gallery of conceptions which convey no authentic information of the background and obtrude irrelevancies into the scheme of knowledge."<ref>Arthur Eddington, ''The Nature of the Physical World'' (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929), xi.</ref>

	"We have dismissed all preconception as to the background of our pointer readings, and for the most part we can discover nothing as to its nature. But in one case—namely, for the pointer readings of my own brain—I have an insight which is not limited to the evidence of the pointer readings. ''That insight shows that they are attached to a background of consciousness.''"<ref>Arthur Eddington, ''The Nature of the Physical World'' (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929), 259. Italics added.</ref>		"We have dismissed all preconception as to the background of our pointer readings, and for the most part we can discover nothing as to its nature. But in one case—namely, for the pointer readings of my own brain—I have an insight which is not limited to the evidence of the pointer readings. ''That insight shows that they are attached to a background of consciousness.''<ref>Arthur Eddington, ''The Nature of the Physical World'' (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929), 259. Italics added.</ref>

	"If we must embed our schedule of indicator readings in some kind of background, at least let us accept the only hint we have received as to the significance of the background—namely that it has a nature capable of manifesting itself as mental activity."<ref>Arthur Eddington, ''The Nature of the Physical World'' (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929), 260.</ref>		"If we must embed our schedule of indicator readings in some kind of background, at least let us accept the only hint we have received as to the significance of the background—namely that it has a nature capable of manifesting itself as mental activity."<ref>Arthur Eddington, ''The Nature of the Physical World'' (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929), 260.</ref>

			"It is in this background that our own mental consciousness lies; and here, if anywhere, we may find a Power greater than but akin to consciousness."<ref>Arthur Eddington, ''The Nature of the Physical World'' (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929), 282.</ref>

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	"If we must embed our schedule of indicator readings in some kind of background, at least let us accept the only hint we have received as to the significance of the background—namely that it has a nature capable of manifesting itself as mental activity."<ref>Arthur Eddington, ''The Nature of the Physical World'' (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929), 260.</ref>		"If we must embed our schedule of indicator readings in some kind of background, at least let us accept the only hint we have received as to the significance of the background—namely that it has a nature capable of manifesting itself as mental activity."<ref>Arthur Eddington, ''The Nature of the Physical World'' (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929), 260.</ref>

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	<blockquote class="definition">'''The Background''' is the term [[~~https://spiritwiki.lightningpath.org/index.php/Arthur_Eddington~~]] used to point to the [[Fabric of Consciousness]] which formed the non-material substrate (i.e., background) of [[Creation]].<ref>Arthur Eddington, ''The Nature of the Physical World'' (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929), 259.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote class="definition">'''The Background''' is the term [[Arthur Eddington]] used to point to the [[Fabric of Consciousness]] which formed the non-material substrate (i.e., background) of [[Creation]].<ref>Arthur Eddington, ''The Nature of the Physical World'' (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929), 259.</ref></blockquote>

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	<blockquote class="definition">'''The Background''' is the term ~~Arthur Eddington's~~ used to point to the [[Fabric of Consciousness]] which formed the non-material substrate (i.e., background) of [[Creation]].<ref>Arthur Eddington, ''The Nature of the Physical World'' (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929), 259.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote class="definition">'''The Background''' is the term [[https://spiritwiki.lightningpath.org/index.php/Arthur_Eddington]] used to point to the [[Fabric of Consciousness]] which formed the non-material substrate (i.e., background) of [[Creation]].<ref>Arthur Eddington, ''The Nature of the Physical World'' (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929), 259.</ref></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="definition">'''The Background''' is the term Arthur Eddington's used to point to the [[Fabric of Consciousness]] which formed the non-material substrate (i.e., background) of [[Creation]].<ref>Arthur Eddington, ''The Nature of the Physical World'' (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929), 259.</ref></blockquote>

==Eddington's Terms==

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==Syncretic Terms==

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==Quotes==

"Science has at last revolted against attaching the exact knowledge contained in these measurements
to a traditional picture-gallery of conceptions which convey no authentic information of the background and obtrude irrelevancies into the scheme of knowledge."<ref>Arthur Eddington, ''The Nature of the Physical World'' (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929), xi.</ref>

"We have dismissed all preconception as to the background of our pointer readings, and for the most part we can discover nothing as to its nature. But in one case—namely, for the pointer readings of my own brain—I have an insight which is not limited to the evidence of the pointer readings. ''That insight shows that they are attached to a background of consciousness.''"<ref>Arthur Eddington, ''The Nature of the Physical World'' (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929), 259. Italics added.</ref>

"If we must embed our schedule of indicator readings in some kind of background, at least let us accept the only hint we have received as to the significance of the background—namely that it has a nature capable of manifesting itself as mental activity."<ref>Arthur Eddington, ''The Nature of the Physical World'' (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929), 260.</ref>

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