Full Idea
Given the proper understanding of 'arranged baseballwise', the fact that atoms arranged baseballwise are causally relevant to a shattering analytically entails that a baseball is.
Gist of Idea
If atoms 'arranged baseballwise' break a window, that analytically entails that a baseball did it
Source
report of Trenton Merricks (Objects and Persons [2003], 3) by Amie L. Thomasson - Ordinary Objects 01.3
Book Reference
Thomasson,Amie L.: 'Ordinary Objects' [OUP 2010], p.21
A Reaction
This is the key argument of Thomasson's book. Presumably, following Idea 14471, 'I bought some atoms arranged baseballwise' is held to entail 'I bought a baseball'. That seems to beg the question against Van Inwagen and Merricks.
Related Idea
Idea 14471 Analytical entailments arise from combinations of meanings and inference rules [Thomasson]