Full Idea
Some realists argue that simple types can be apprehended through their tokens, via abstraction.
Gist of Idea
Simple types can be apprehended through their tokens, via abstraction
Source
Stewart Shapiro (Philosophy of Mathematics [1997], 4.2)
Book Reference
Shapiro,Stewart: 'Philosophy of Mathematics:structure and ontology' [OUP 1997], p.113
A Reaction
One might rephrase that to say that types are created by abstraction from tokens (and then preserved in language).