deflationism
nounUK /dɪˈfleɪʃənɪzəm/
Etymology From deflation + -ism.
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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences Usually A theory proposing that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
- In “The use of force against deflationism” they argue, against several versions of deflationism, that the concept of truth must play a substantive explanatory role in an adaquate account of assertion.2008 April 2, Robert Mößgen, “Dirk Greimann and Geo Siegwart, Truth and Speech Acts. Studies in the Philosophy of Language (=Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy, Vol. 5)”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 1, →DOI: