Philip Mills is a postdoctoral researcher in French Literature at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
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