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Full Idea
Quantum field theory strongly suggests that there are (at the fundamental level) no individual, particular things.
Gist of Idea
Quantum field theory suggests that there are, fundamentally, no individual things
Source
Chris Swoyer (Abstract Entities [2008], 2.1)
Book Ref
'Contemporary Debates in Metaphysics', ed/tr. Sider/Hawthorne/Zimmerman [Blackwell 2008], p.17
A Reaction
When people introduce quantum theory into ontological discussions I reach for my shotgun, but it does rather look as if things turn to mush at the bottom level.