Full Idea
Substances are capable of persisting through change, where this involves change in properties; but the bundle theory has the consequence that substances cannot survive change.
Gist of Idea
Substances persist through change, but the bundle theory says they can't
Source
Cynthia Macdonald (Varieties of Things [2005], Ch.3)
Book Reference
Macdonald,Cynthia: 'Varieties of Things' [Blackwell 2005], p.102
A Reaction
Her example is an apple remaining an apple when it turns brown. It doesn't look, though, as if there is a precise moment when the apple-substance ceases. The end of an apple seems to be more a matter of a loss of crucial properties.