Full Idea
Some authors have tried to understand the deflationist claim that truth is not a substantial notion as the claim that a satisfactory axiomatisation of truth should be conservative over the base theory.
Gist of Idea
Some say deflationism is axioms which are conservative over the base theory
Source
Volker Halbach (Axiomatic Theories of Truth [2011], 8)
Book Reference
Halbach,Volker: 'Axiomatic Theories of Truth' [CUP 2011], p.67
Related Idea
Idea 16313 A theory is 'conservative' if it adds no new theorems to its base theory [Halbach, by PG]