 the identity theorist is likely to retort that a’s being F, which according to Armstrong “ensures” that a is F,just is the entity (whatever it is) that a is F. The identity theorist maps conceptual connections that we draw between the notions of proposition, truth, falsity, state of affairs, and fact. These connections look trivial, when spelt out—of course, an identity theorist will counter that to go further would be to fall into error—so that to speak of an identity theory can readily appear too grand (McDowell 2005: 83; 2007: 352. But cf. David 2002: 126). So much for the thesis that facts are truth-makers and propositions truth-bearers; an exactly parallel argument applies to the version of the correspondence theory that treats facts as truth-makers and thoughts as truth-bearers.