Full Idea
Metaphysics, for the conventionalist, is not a matter of trying to see deeply into the structure of mind-independent reality, but of trying to clarify the way we actually speak and think, and perhaps negotiating ways of doing this to our best advantage.
Gist of Idea
Metaphysics is clarifying how we speak and think (and possibly improving it)
Source
Alan Sidelle (Necessity, Essence and Individuation [1989], Ch.1)
Book Reference
Sidelle,Alan: 'Necessity, Essence and Individuation' [Cornell 1989], p.17
A Reaction
Note that he is still allowing space for 'revisionary' as well as for 'descriptive' metaphysics. I can't wholly accept this, as I really do think we can have some deep insights into reality, but Sidelle is articulating a large part of the truth.