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William Alston

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Gender Male
Death15 years ago
Date of birth November 29,1921
Zodiac sign Sagittarius
Born Shreveport
Louisiana
United States
Date of died September 13,2009
DiedJamesville
New York
United States
EraContemporary philosophy
Regions Western philosophy
Job Physician
Philosopher
Books Perceiving God
A realist conception of truth
Beyond Justification
The reliability of sense perception
Illocutionary acts and sentence meaning
Divine nature and human language
A sensible metaphysical realism
The problems of philosophy
Philosophy of Language
Religious belief and philosophical thought
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William Alston Life story


William Payne Alston was an American philosopher. He made influential contributions to the philosophy of language, epistemology, and Christian philosophy. He earned his Ph. D. from the University of Chicago and taught at the University of Michigan, Rutgers University, University of Illinois, and Syracuse University.

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