John Koethe is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.

• Introduction1. The Metaphysical Subject of John Ashbery’s Poetry. 2. Contrary Impulses3. Poetry and the Experience of Experience4. The Romance of Realism5. Poetry at One Remove6. Thought and Poetry7. Styles of Temptation and Refusal in Wittgenstein and Stevens8. Wittgenstein and Lyric Subjectivity9. Comments on Susan Wolf’s Meaning in Life and Why It Matters10. Poetry and Truth11. Poetry, Philosophy and the Syntax of Reflection12. On John Ashbery’s “Clepsydra”13. Perplexity and Plausibility: On Philosophy, Lyrical and Discursive14. On Helen Veldler’s Wallace Stevens15. The Microcosm: Poetry and Humanism16. On Wordsworth’s Fun17. Philosophical Reflection on PoetryAppendix A: Metaphysics and the Mind-Body ProblemNotesBibliographyIndex

[Thought and Poetry] exalts poetry’s place within the hierarchy of the mind’s activities and adds one more reason why poetry ought to be taken seriously.

John Koethe is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.

• Introduction1. The Metaphysical Subject of John Ashbery’s Poetry. 2. Contrary Impulses3. Poetry and the Experience of Experience4. The Romance of Realism5. Poetry at One Remove6. Thought and Poetry7. Styles of Temptation and Refusal in Wittgenstein and Stevens8. Wittgenstein and Lyric Subjectivity9. Comments on Susan Wolf’s Meaning in Life and Why It Matters10. Poetry and Truth11. Poetry, Philosophy and the Syntax of Reflection12. On John Ashbery’s “Clepsydra”13. Perplexity and Plausibility: On Philosophy, Lyrical and Discursive14. On Helen Veldler’s Wallace Stevens15. The Microcosm: Poetry and Humanism16. On Wordsworth’s Fun17. Philosophical Reflection on PoetryAppendix A: Metaphysics and the Mind-Body ProblemNotesBibliographyIndex

[Thought and Poetry] exalts poetry’s place within the hierarchy of the mind’s activities and adds one more reason why poetry ought to be taken seriously.

John Koethe is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.

• Introduction1. The Metaphysical Subject of John Ashbery’s Poetry. 2. Contrary Impulses3. Poetry and the Experience of Experience4. The Romance of Realism5. Poetry at One Remove6. Thought and Poetry7. Styles of Temptation and Refusal in Wittgenstein and Stevens8. Wittgenstein and Lyric Subjectivity9. Comments on Susan Wolf’s Meaning in Life and Why It Matters10. Poetry and Truth11. Poetry, Philosophy and the Syntax of Reflection12. On John Ashbery’s “Clepsydra”13. Perplexity and Plausibility: On Philosophy, Lyrical and Discursive14. On Helen Veldler’s Wallace Stevens15. The Microcosm: Poetry and Humanism16. On Wordsworth’s Fun17. Philosophical Reflection on PoetryAppendix A: Metaphysics and the Mind-Body ProblemNotesBibliographyIndex

[Thought and Poetry] exalts poetry’s place within the hierarchy of the mind’s activities and adds one more reason why poetry ought to be taken seriously.