Kendall Walton

American philosopher of aesthetics.

Key Aspects:

• Explored fiction, imagination.
• Developed make-believe theory.
• Influenced philosophy of art.

Related Concepts & Works:

• Philosophy of Art (related movement)
• Aesthetics (parent branch)
• Imagination (related concept)
• Mimesis as Make-Believe (major work)

Record

Lived: 1939

Tradition: American

Wikidata: Q6388945 — dates from this record, not from this page