William Alston

William Payne Alston ( born November 29, 1921 in Shreveport, Louisiana; † 13 September 2009) was an American philosopher. He was a professor at Syracuse University and has published fundamental contributions to the philosophy of language, epistemology and Christian philosophy.

Writings

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