Full Idea
Some deny that that microstructure is what makes it water; substance identity and difference should be determined instead by macroscopic similarities and differences.
Gist of Idea
Maybe the nature of water is macroscopic, and not in the microstructure
Source
Robin F. Hendry (Chemistry [2008], 'Micro')
Book Reference
'Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science', ed/tr. Psillos,S/Curd,M [Routledge 2010], p.524
A Reaction
Very plausible. Is the essential nature of human beings to be found in the structure of our cells?
Related Idea
Idea 17485 Maybe water is the smallest part of it that still counts as water (which is H2O molecules) [Hendry]