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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Metaphysics: a very short introduction' and 'Causal Powers'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects

15272	The good criticism of substance by Humeans also loses them the vital concept of a thing [Harré/Madden]
	Full Idea: In being properly critical about the merits of the concept of substance, ...the Humean finds he has lost the vitally important concept of a thing as well.
	From: Harré,R./Madden,E.H. (Causal Powers [1975], 6.IV)
	A reaction: This is the whole reason that Aristotle and others started talking about substances in the first place. The big mistake is to think that Aristotle believes in a thing called 'substance'. The notion is a placeholder for whatever holds a thing together.