Are Particles 'Physical Things' or 'Abstract Ideas'?

[Mudhammam]

Basically, one might (justifiably?) look at it like "physical objects" are more or less patterns created from a sea of energy fields in which there is no distinct "this" or "that," and which only "collapse" into definite position (dependent existence) when interacted with by their environment (i.e. other collapsed probabilities), including us.

That seems more like a redefining of what we see in the macro world than particles being abstract ideas.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't them being an abstract idea mean they would have no physical properties?  I'm just not sure I'm understanding the concept too well.

Sure, it's a redefining but it's totally abstract in that we can't even imagine a physical object existing as such. I would imagine it like this: in the same way that time seems to have a timeless aspect, perhaps at its core, so too do physical objects have an abstract aspect. To connect them seems to pose the same problems as wedding the unmoved with the moved.