Mills' central question is compelling: what might the core questions of a traditionally 'representationalist' philosophy of language look like when viewed through the lens of a 'poetic expressivism'? The answer, drawing on Nietzsche and Wittgenstein, is no less compelling, and admirably negotiates analytic, continental and pragmatic philosophical traditions. Highly recommended.

Sean Bowden, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Deakin University, Australia

In a world of scarce resources and powerful technologies that are unequally shared, human life threatens to collapse into unavoidable, viciously competitive getting and spending. Philip Mills makes a powerful, urgent case that poetry can help us to see our lives otherwise.

Richard Eldridge, Charles and Harriett Cox McDowell Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Swarthmore College, USA