This essay critiques the idea that post-truth excludes deflationary truth, arguing for a refined minimalism.
In this brief essay, I critically assess one of the main theses advanced by Sher, namely that the new adequacy condition post-truth imposes on the philosophy of truth rules out deflationary conceptions of truth and calls for a substantivist understanding of truth. Contrary to Sher’s conclusion, I argue that a refined version of a deflationary philosophy of truth—which I call true minimalism—has the resources needed to account for both the value of truth and the disvalue of post-truth, and thus to meet Sher’s new adequacy condition.
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