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Mimesis as Make-Believe : On the Foundations of the Representational Arts
Mimesis as MakeBelieve On the Foundations of the Representational Arts
Author: Kendall L. Walton
Representations--in visual arts and fiction--play an important part in our lives and culture. Walton presents here a theory of the nature of representation which illuminates its many varieties and goes a long way toward explaining its importance. Walton's theory also provides solutions to thorny philosophical problems concerning the existence of...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674576032
ISBN-10: 0674576039
Publication Date: 12/26/2006
Pages: 480
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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