Perceiving God: The Epistemology of Religious Experience

William P. Alston

Published by Cornell University Press 2014

Perceiving God

The Epistemology of Religious Experience

William P. Alston

https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801471254

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A clear and provocative account of the epistemology of religious experience.

Reviews

Alvin Plantinga, University of Notre Dame:

This splendid book is the fruit of decades of mature and penetrating reflection. As you would expect, it takes discussion of the topics surrounding experience of God to a new level of insight and penetration.

Robert Audi, University of Notre Dame:

A first-rate and truly important piece of work, Perceiving God is both a signal contribution to the philosophy of religion and a powerful treatise in epistemology. The book is philosophically rigorous and admirably lucid. It is in my judgment the leading contemporary work on the epistemic status of religious experience.

The elegant and comprehensive argument in this book is the definitive version of a position Alston has been developing over the past decade. It is arguably the most important investigation of the epistemology of mysticism from a sophisticated analytical-pragmatic perspective since James's Varieties.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Experience of God: A Perceptual Model Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. Epistemic Justification: Perceptual and Otherwise Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
3. The Reliability of Sense Perception: A Case Study Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
4. A “Doxastic Practice” Approach to Epistemology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
5. The Christian Mystical Perceptual Doxastic Practice (CMP) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
6. Can the Christian Mystical Perceptual Doxastic Practice Be Shown to Be Unreliable ? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
7. The Problem of Religious Diversity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
8. The Place of Experience in the Grounds of Religious Belief Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	286
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 336
Keywords: Philosophy; Religious Studies

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Published: January 24, 2014
ISBN: 9780801471254