Is Deflationism a Great Sales Pitch?

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The truth is just a linguistic device which helps us streamline certain conversations, but does nothing more than that. According to deflationism... It's not a great sales pitch, honestly. And as I explained it to you, it's going to sound really boring. But you know what? It's your podcast. That's kind of your problem,. Yeah, I agree. Okay. What are we left with? Well, so, for me, I said, you can always argue about those forever. But the other... No, I'm not necessarily giving in. Not necessarily accepting, but clearly if people are rejecting those three. So what he'd say is that, and this is kind

Everybody talks about the truth, but nobody does anything about it. And to be honest, how we talk about truth — what it is, and how to get there — can be a little sloppy at times. Philosophy to the rescue! I had a very ambitious conversation with Liam Kofi Bright, starting with what we mean by “truth” (correspondence, coherence, pragmatist, and deflationary approaches), and then getting into the nitty-gritty of how we actually discover it. There’s a lot to think about once we take a hard look at how science gets done, how discoveries are communicated, and what different kinds of participants can bring to the table.

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Liam Kofi Bright received his Ph.D. in Logic, Computation and Methodology from Carnegie Mellon University. He is currently on the faculty of the London School of Economics in the Department of Philosophy, Logic, and the Scientific Method. He has worked on questions concerning peer review and fraud in scientific communities, intersectionality, logical empiricism, and Africana philosophy. He is well-known on Twitter as the Last Positivist.

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