Full Idea
It has been suggested that no deflationary conception of truth could do justice to the fact that we aim for the truth.
Gist of Idea
No deflationary conception of truth does justice to the fact that we aim for truth
Source
Paul Horwich (Truth (2nd edn) [1990], Ch.2.11)
Book Reference
Horwich,Paul: 'Truth (2nd edn)' [OUP 1998], p.46
A Reaction
(He mentions Dummett and Wright). People don't only aim for it - they become very idealistic about it, and sometimes die for it. Personally I think that any study of truth should use as its example police investigations, not philosophical analysis.