According to the deflationary nominalist, it is perfectly consistent to insist that mathematical theories are indispensable to science, to assert that mathematical and scientific theories are true, and to deny that mathematical objects exist. I am calling the view ‘deflationary nominalism’ given that it demands very minimal commitments to make sense of mathematics (Azzouni 2004), it advances a deflationary view of truth (Azzouni 2004, 2006), and advocates a direct formulation of mathematical theories, without requiring that they be reconstructed or rewritten (Azzouni 1994, 2004).