ABSTRACT
Since an antirealist rejects the claim that truth is robust correspondence - isomorphism between statement and state of affairs - it may be helpful to start by surveying the alternatives to this conception of truth. Some pragmatists claim that truth is just the property that a statement has when its acceptance is conducive to successful practice. Of the theories of truth currently on offer, a deflationist account looks like the best fit for the Buddhist antirealist. Its deflationary strategy certainly resonates with one common theme in much Buddhist philosophizing: the critique of hypostatization. While a deflationist account of truth might fit the Buddhist antirealist bill, there is a price to be paid. Recall that according to the semantic dualism of Buddhist Reductionism there are two truth predicates. A deflationist need not be a Buddhist in order to have a reason to worry about flattening truth.
