Full Idea
Under the Quinean (conventional) view of objects, there is no ontological distinction between stuff and things.
Gist of Idea
If objects are just conventional, there is no ontological distinction between stuff and things
Source
Michael Jubien (Possibility [2009], 1.5)
Book Reference
Jubien,Michael: 'Possibility' [OUP 2009], p.33
A Reaction
This is the bold nihilistic account of physical objects, which seems to push all of our ontology into language (English?). We could devise divisions into things that were just crazy, and likely to lead to the rapid extinction of creatures who did it.