Philosopher
William Alston
Overview
William Payne Alston (November 29, 1921 – September 13, 2009) was an American philosopher. He is widely considered to be one of the most important epistemologists and philosophers of religion of the twentieth century, and is also known for his work in metaphysics and the philosophy of language. His views on foundationalism, internalism and externalism, speech acts, and the epistemic value of mystical experience, among many other topics, have been very influential. He earned his PhD from the University of Chicago and taught at the University of Michigan, Rutgers University, University of Illinois, and Syracuse University.
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Philosophers who discussed William Alston
Ideas William Alston discusses
- Nicholas Wolterstorff
- Reformed epistemology
- Foundationalism
- Francis Bacon
- American Philosophical Association
- The Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Internalism and externalism
- John Locke
- Metaphysics
- Mortimer J. Adler
- Robert Merrihew Adams
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Plato
- Philosophy of religion
- René Descartes
- University of Michigan
- University of Chicago
- World War II
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Richard McKeon
- Alfred North Whitehead
- Charles Hartshorne
- Jacques Maritain
Place in the tradition
Part of American philosophy.