William Alston
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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