ABSTRACT
The furniture of the earth includes no furniture, according to Peter Unger and Samuel C. Wheeler, III. Although both Wheeler and Unger use sorites arguments in their attempts to prove that there are no ordinary things, there is a great difference between their arguments. This difference can be expressed by invoking the simple metaphysical contrast between Appearance and Reality. Wheeler apparently agrees with Unger that ordinary beliefs about Appearance are internally inconsistent. Wheeler's main reason for rejecting Appearance as a sham and illusion is that he supposes there to be a conflict between the Real and the Apparent. According to Wheeler, the resemblance theory is not the primary motivation for rejecting sorites arguments, but it is the main reason. Neither can their beliefs in the existence of ordinary things justly be called irrational since they have no reason for doubting and abundant reasons for not doubting the existence of ordinary things.
