Abstract

In this brief essay, I’ll critically assess one of the main theses advanced by Sher, namely that the new adequacy condition that post-truth sets 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’ll argue that a refined version of a deflationary philosophy of truth (which I’ll call true minimalism) has the tools needed to account both for the value of truth and the disvalue of post-truth and thus to meet Sher’s new adequacy condition.