From Correspondence to Identity

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.