William Alston
Biographic Data
| ID | 5911798 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Alston |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Alston |
| SIGNATURE | ALSTON W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Syracuse University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2658-6559 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Perception and Representation
I oppose the popular view that the phenomenal character of perceptual experience consists in the subject's representing the (putative) perceived object as being so-and-so. The account of perceptual experience I favor instead is a version of the “Theory of Appearing” that takes it to be a matter of the perceived object's appearing to one as so-and-so, where this does not mean that the subject takes or believes it to be so-and-so. This plays no par…
Epistemic Warrant as Proper Function
Response to Critics
I greatly appreciate the kind words from Gale, Tilley, and Schellenberg, and I appreciate even more the care with which they have read and reacted to my book. But my task here is to give my reactions to their reactions
The Reliability of Sense Perception
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Reliability of Sense Perception. By William Alston. (Cornell UP, 1993. Pp. x + 148. Price $27.50.) A.E. Pitson A.E. Pitson University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 44, Issue 177, October 1994, Pages 540–542, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220256 Published: 01 October 1994
Perception and Mystical Experience
Why Alston's Mystical Doxastic Practice Is Subjective
Religious Disagreements and Doxastic Practices
Epistemic Justification. Essays in the Theory of Knowledge
Epistemic Justification collects twelve distinguished and influential essays in epistemology by William P. Alston taken from a body of work spanning almost two decades. They represent the gradual development of Alston's thought in epistemology.He concentrates on topics that are central to contemporary epistemology and provides a much-needed and useful map to these issues be explicitly distinguishing and interrelating concepts of justification use…
Epistemic Justification. Essays in the Theory of Knowledge
Epistemic Justification collects twelve distinguished and influential essays in epistemology by William P. Alston taken from a body of work spanning almost two decades. They represent the gradual development of Alston's thought in epistemology.He concentrates on topics that are central to contemporary epistemology and provides a much-needed and useful map to these issues be explicitly distinguishing and interrelating concepts of justification use…
Perception and Representation
I oppose the popular view that the phenomenal character of perceptual experience consists in the subject's representing the (putative) perceived object as being so-and-so. The account of perceptual experience I favor instead is a version of the “Theory of Appearing” that takes it to be a matter of the perceived object's appearing to one as so-and-so, where this does not mean that the subject takes or believes it to be so-and-so. This plays no par…
Why Alston's Mystical Doxastic Practice Is Subjective
Epistemic Warrant as Proper Function
Epistemic Justification. Essays in the Theory of Knowledge
Epistemic Justification collects twelve distinguished and influential essays in epistemology by William P. Alston taken from a body of work spanning almost two decades. They represent the gradual development of Alston's thought in epistemology.He concentrates on topics that are central to contemporary epistemology and provides a much-needed and useful map to these issues be explicitly distinguishing and interrelating concepts of justification use…
Response to Critics
I greatly appreciate the kind words from Gale, Tilley, and Schellenberg, and I appreciate even more the care with which they have read and reacted to my book. But my task here is to give my reactions to their reactions
The Reliability of Sense Perception
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Reliability of Sense Perception. By William Alston. (Cornell UP, 1993. Pp. x + 148. Price $27.50.) A.E. Pitson A.E. Pitson University of Stirling Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 44, Issue 177, October 1994, Pages 540–542, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220256 Published: 01 October 1994
Perception and Mystical Experience
Why Alston's Mystical Doxastic Practice Is Subjective
Religious Disagreements and Doxastic Practices
Epistemic Warrant as Proper Function
Perception and Representation
I oppose the popular view that the phenomenal character of perceptual experience consists in the subject's representing the (putative) perceived object as being so-and-so. The account of perceptual experience I favor instead is a version of the “Theory of Appearing” that takes it to be a matter of the perceived object's appearing to one as so-and-so, where this does not mean that the subject takes or believes it to be so-and-so. This plays no par…
Epistemology (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Perception (3 works) · Analytic philosophy (2 works) · Contemporary philosophy (2 works) · Doxastic logic (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (2 works)