Full Idea
Van Ingwagen holds that although table-shaped collections of particles exist, tables do not.
Gist of Idea
Maybe table-shaped particles exist, but not tables
Source
report of Peter van Inwagen (Material Beings [1990], Ch.13) by E.J. Lowe - The Possibility of Metaphysics 2.3
Book Reference
Lowe,E.J.: 'The Possibility of Metaphysics' [OUP 2001], p.39
A Reaction
I find this idea appealing. See the ideas of Trenton Merricks. When you get down to micro-level, it is hard to individuate a table among the force fields, and hard to distinguish a table from a smashed or burnt table. An ontology without objects?