 Alternatively, one can be a Mass/Count Skeptic, and, while not ceasing to do metaphysics, or theorize about the difference between ‘stuff’/’matter’ and ‘things’/’individuals,’ cease relying on the mass/count distinction to do the lion’s share of work in deciding whether there is such a corresponding ontological difference in the world. (cf. Pelletier 2011, §3.2). That’s not what it’s there for.