Non sequiter. Consider that "-1" electric charge exists, but it doesn't exist as an independent entity. It exists only in states of affairs, like electrons. The same is true for a thin particular: it exists, but only as a constituent in a SOA.Does a thin particular exist? If so, it is an SOA. — Metaphysician Undercover
Another non-sequitur. I haven't actually described the way lower order states of affairs form into higher order (more complex) states of affairs. Lets's stick with the lowest order: the atomic states of affairs. They are the simplest possible objects that exist in the world. They are not decomposible.If it is not further decomposable it is not an SOA, therefore not something which exists in the world, — Metaphysician Undercover
The wave is not an entity though. By accepted theories, there is no medium (ether), therefore no real wave, just particles without any location, and a mathematical abstraction (wave function) which describes the particles. — Metaphysician Undercover
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