Full Idea
Armstrong conflates the type-token distinction with that between universals and particulars.
Gist of Idea
The type-token distinction is the universal-particular distinction
Source
report of David M. Armstrong (A Theory of Universals [1978], xiii,16/17) by Harold Hodes - Logicism and Ontological Commits. of Arithmetic 147 n23
Book Reference
-: 'Journal of Philosophy' [-], p.147
A Reaction
This seems quite reasonable, even if you don’t believe in the reality of universals. I'm beginning to think we should just use the term 'general' instead of 'universal'. 'Type' also seems to correspond to 'set', with the 'token' as the 'member'.