Full Idea
Why should not 'Napoleon' be a type, of which 'Napoleon in 1805' and 'Napoleon in 1813' are instances?
Gist of Idea
A continuous object might be a type, with instances at each time
Source
J Ladyman / D Ross (Every Thing Must Go [2007], 5.6)
Book Reference
Ladyman,J/Ross,D: 'Every Thing Must Go' [OUP 2007], p.296
A Reaction
That is very nice. That might be a view that suits presentism, where the timed instances never co-exist, and so have the sort of abstract existence that we associate with types.