Full Idea
The eliminativist cannot claim to have 'discovered' some real existence conditions for chairs beyond those entailed by the semantic rules associated with ordinary use of the word 'chair'.
Gist of Idea
Eliminativists haven't found existence conditions for chairs, beyond those of the word 'chair'
Source
Amie L. Thomasson (Ordinary Objects [2007], 09.3)
Book Reference
Thomasson,Amie L.: 'Ordinary Objects' [OUP 2010], p.157
A Reaction
It is difficult to understand atoms arranged 'chairwise' or 'baseballwise' if you don't already know what a chair or a baseball are.