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Full Idea
A blob can represent atomless gunk: an individual whose parts all have further proper parts.
Gist of Idea
Atomless gunk is an individual whose parts all have further proper parts
Source
David Lewis (Parts of Classes [1991], 1.8)
Book Ref
Lewis,David: 'Parts of Classes' [Blackwell 1991], p.20
A Reaction
This is not the same as 'stuff', since gunk is a precise fusion of all those parts, whereas there is no such precision about stuff. Stuff is neutral as to whether it has atoms, or is endlessly divisible. My love of stuff grows. Laycock is a hero.
Related Idea
Idea 18516 A 'gunky' universe would literally have no parts at all [Heil]