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    It is not the case that If the identity theorist is right, explanatory pretensions about truth must be abandoned.

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    • 1.Identity theories can retain explanatory power by grounding truth in the structural isomorphism between propositions and facts, not mere co-reference.
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    • 2.Moore and Russell's early identity theory explained truth's non-relational character precisely by collapsing the gap between truth-bearer and truth-maker.
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    • 3.Eliminating a redundant explanatory layer (the correspondence relation) can constitute theoretical economy, not explanatory abandonment.
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    • 1.Frege's distinction between sense and reference shows that identity statements can carry substantive cognitive content, even when the relata are identical.
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    • 2.If 'the morning star is the evening star' is informative despite asserting identity, then 'a true proposition is a fact' can similarly be explanatorily substantive.
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    • 1.On the identity theory, a proposition is true just if it is identical with a fact, and false otherwise.
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    • 2.Saying that a proposition is true just if it is identical with a fact does not say much of substance about truth.
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