Horwich's minimalism about truth preserves the T-schema while conceding that 'obtains' and 'is true' occupy distinct grammatical roles, undermining the identity theorist's semantic unification.
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Semantic unification(what identity theorists want to achieve)
The idea that different words or concepts can be explained by showing they all mean the same basic thing underneath.
T-schema(a basic way philosophers try to define what truth means)
A simple logical formula that says a statement is true if and only if the reality it describes matches what it claims (e.g., 'Snow is white' is true if snow actually is white).
obtains(States of affairs obtain or fail to obtain, just as propositions are true or false.)
The relation a state of affairs bears to reality when it is realized; analogous to truth for propositions.