Abstract

This essay argues for a two-part thesis concerning the deflationist theories of truth and reference. First, I identify two points of contrast between the deflationist theories and their traditional inflationary opponents: (1) they each employ different orders of explanation for the variety of semantic phenomena, and (2) the inflationist is typically taken to be beholden to a reductive explanation of reference, whereas the deflationist is doubtful of this project. Secondly, I argue that these two points of contrast need not come together to exhaust the space of possible views. There is room for a plausible middle ground: a moderate version of inflationism. My moderate inflationism will reject the deflationist's order of explanation, so it counts as genuinely inflationary. However, it also rejects the reductionist ambitions of the earlier inflationists, so it isn’t an apt target for deflationary scepticism.

中文翻译：

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在通货紧缩主义和通货膨胀主义之间：对真理和参考的温和看法

摘要

本文论证了一个关于真理和指称的紧缩论的两部分论文。首先，我确定了通货紧缩理论与其传统的通货膨胀反对者之间的两点对比：（1）它们各自对各种语义现象采用不同的解释顺序，以及（2）通货膨胀论者通常被认为受制于还原论。参考解释，而紧缩论者对这个项目持怀疑态度。其次，我认为这两个对比点不必放在一起来耗尽可能的观点空间。有一个合理的中间立场的空间：温和的通货膨胀主义。我的温和通货膨胀主义将拒绝通货紧缩论者的解释顺序，因此它被视为真正的通货膨胀。然而，