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A fact is a thought that is true: an item from the realm of sense. This was the conclusion of the previous chapter; and now that this conclusion has been reached, we can offer a final, neat reply to any correspondence theorist. Facts are not states of affairs which make thoughts true. The supposed truthmaker is the truthbearer. The relation holding between a true thought and a fact is not that of correspondence — a relation which holds between an entity and something else — but that of identity.
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Dodd, J. (2000). From Correspondence to Identity. In: An Identity Theory of Truth. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-62870-4_5
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