Aesthetics, ontology, philosophy of language, fictionalism
Notable ideas
Make-believe theory of representation, ontological pretence, photographic transparency thesis
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Kendall Lewis Walton (born 1939) is an American philosopher, the Emeritus Charles Stevenson Collegiate Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Art and Design at the University of Michigan.[1] His work mainly deals with theoretical questions about the arts and issues of philosophy of mind, metaphysics, and philosophy of language. His book Mimesis as Make Believe: On the Foundations of the Representational Arts develops a theory of make-believe and uses it to understand the nature and varieties of representation in the arts.[2] He has also developed an account of photography as transparent, defending the idea that we see through photographs, much as we see through telescopes or mirrors,[3] and written extensively on pictorial representation, fiction and the emotions, the ontological status of fictional entities, the aesthetics of music, metaphor, and aesthetic value.
^Philosophy faculty listing Archived 2011-08-04 at the Wayback Machine, Univ. of Michigan, retrieved 2010-03-06.
^Walton, Kendall L. "Mimesis as Make-Believe: On the Foundations of the Representational Arts". Harvard University Press, 1990
^'Transparent Pictures: On the Nature of Photographic Realism' in Walton, Kendall L., Marvelous Images: On Values and the Arts, Oxford University Press, 2008, pp. 79-116
Kendall Lewis Walton (born 1939) is an American philosopher, the Emeritus Charles Stevenson Collegiate Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Art and...
the relationship between people and "fictions". American philosopher KendallWalton noted that if viewers were to truly suspend disbelief when viewing a...
that the scenario presented is fictional (see for instance the work of KendallWalton). Another issue is the problem of imaginative resistance, which considers...
imagination is a central concept are KendallWalton, John Sallis and Richard Kearney. See in particular: KendallWalton, Mimesis as Make-Believe: On the Foundations...
Many modern versions of fictionalism are influenced by the work of KendallWalton in aesthetics. Color fictionalism Hans Vaihinger Philosophy of color...
University of Michigan in 1974, under the supervision of Jaegwon Kim and KendallWalton. During 1974–1975, he was visiting assistant professor at SUNY Albany...
David Velleman Eric Voegelin Alice von Hildebrand James D. Wallace KendallWalton Mary Anne Warren Carl Watner Alan Watts Brian Weatherson David Weinberger...
responses to fiction are irrational. In 1978, American philosopher KendallWalton published the paper "Fearing Fictions", in which he addresses Radford...
film is a medium transparent to true reality, has been accepted by KendallWalton. The film Waking Life also features a discussion of the philosophy of...
Criticism - Józef Kremer - Judgement - Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Solger - KendallWalton - Kitsch - Kunstreligion - Lectures on Aesthetics - Leo Tolstoy - Leonid...
Carroll, The Philosophy of Horror, or Paradoxes of the Heart, 1990 KendallWalton, Mimesis as Make-Believe: On The Foundations of the Representational...
and the willing participation in a game on the part of the recipient. KendallWalton speaks in this context of illusion as a game of make-believe. Aesthetic...
Calvin College Yale University Doctoral students Phillip Cary Notable ideas Reformed epistemology Influenced Gary Chartier David Claerbaut KendallWalton...
Adrian Walsh (born 1963) W. H. Walsh (1913–1986) Douglas N. Walton (1942–2020) KendallWalton (born 1939)[c] Wil Waluchow (born 1953) Michael Walzer (born...
the other committee members were Patrick Maynard and Wayne Myrvold. KendallWalton was the external examiner. After completing her PhD and working as an...
Walter Kendall Myers (born April 15, 1937) is a former U.S. State Department employee who, with his wife, Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, was arrested and...
and came out in The Journal of Philosophy, along with comments by KendallWalton and Guy Sircello. It is about the identity of a piece of music and Ziff...
New York: Oxford University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-19-993366-2. Walton, Kendall L. "Mimesis as Make-Believe: On the Foundations of the Representational...
Kathleen Beller Liza Walton 1972–74 Meg Bennett Liza Walton 1974–76 Neil Billingsley Danny Walton 1975–77 Domini Blythe Estelle Kendall 1985–86 Marion Brash...
stepbrothers Burt, Brandon, and Brody; stepsister Casey; and later half-sisters Kendall and Kylie. Kardashian attended Marymount High School, a Roman Catholic...
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MIT Press Bookstore has been a regional attraction in the heart of the Kendall Square technology and innovation hub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The bookstore...
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