Single Idea 6157

[catalogued under 9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 4. Type Identity]

Full Idea

Tokens are dated, concrete, particular occurrences or instances; types are the general properties that these occurrences exemplify or the kinds to which they belong.

Gist of Idea

Tokens are dated, concrete particulars; types are their general properties or kinds

Source

Mark Rowlands (Externalism [2003], Ch.2)

Book Reference

Rowlands,Mark: 'Externalism' [Acumen 2003], p.20


A Reaction

It might be said that types are sets, of which tokens are the members. The question of 'general properties' raises the question of whether universals must exist to make kinds possible.