Perceiving God: The Epistemology of Religious Experience - Softcover

Alston, William P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801481554 ISBN 13: 9780801481550

Publisher: Cornell University Press, 1993

Synopsis

In this clear and provocative account of the epistemology of religious experience, William P. Alston argues that the perception of God―his term for direct experiential awareness of God―makes a major contribution to the grounds of religious belief. Surveying the variety of reported direct experiences of God, Alston demonstrates that a person can be justified in holding certain beliefs about God on the basis of mystical experience.

About this title

About the Author:

The late William P. Alston was Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Syracuse University. His books include A Realist Conception of Truth, Illocutionary Acts and Sentence Meanings, The Reliability of Sense Perception, and Perceiving God: The Epistemology of Religious Experience, all from Cornell.

Review:

"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."

(Robert Audi, 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."

(Alvin Plantinga, University of Notre Dame)

About this edition

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0801481554
• ISBN 13: 9780801481550
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336