Representation, Deflationism, and the Question of Realism

How can we distinguish between quasi-realist expressivism and normative realism? The most promising answer to this question is the “explanation” explanation proposed by Dreier (2004), Simpson (2018), others: two views might agree in their claims about truth objectivity, or even attributions of semantic content sentences, but they disagree how explain meaning. Realists meaning invoking facts properties, representational relations language world, thought goes, while expressivists appeal instead desire-like mental states explanations However, I argue that, if adopt a deflationary approach representation other related notions, there need be no such explanatory divide anything recognizable as plausible notion realism. Any alleged criterion for realism will either incompatible with deflationism, it fail capture some standard versions conclude framework, compatible genuine