Single Idea 13386

[catalogued under 7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff]

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.