William Alston

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William Payne Alston (born November 29, 1921 in Shreveport , Louisiana , † September 13, 2009 ) was an American philosopher. He was a professor at Syracuse University and has published fundamental articles on the philosophy of language, epistemology, and Christian philosophy. In 1990 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Fonts

  • Philosophy of Language. Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall, 1964.
  • Perceiving God: The Epistemology of Religious Experience. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY 1991.
  • The Reliability of Sense Perception. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY 1993.
  • Epistemic Justification: Essays in the Theory of Knowledge. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY 1996.
  • A Realist Conception of Truth. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY 1996.
  • Illocutionary Acts and Sentence Meaning. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY 2000.
  • Beyond "justification". Dimensions Of Epistemic Evaluation. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY 2005.

literature

  • Silvia Kettl: Can God be perceived? William P. Alston's epistemology of religious experience in “Perceiving God” and its reception in the discourse of the philosophy of religion. In: Klaus Müller (Ed.): Pontes, Philosophical-theological bridging. Volume 34. Lit, Berlin 2006.

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personal data
SURNAME Alston, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alston, William Payne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Shreveport , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 2009