The Operator Theory of instantiation Footnote∗

∗This is a version of my paper ‘What Is It For a Particular to Instantiate a Universal?’ given on 6 July 2005 in ‘The Philosophy of D. M. Armstrong’ stream of the Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference. I would like to thank all who commented especially David Armstrong himself. Many thanks also to an anonymous referee.

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