Perceiving God: The Epistemology of Religious Experience - Hardcover

Alston, William P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801425972 ISBN 13: 9780801425974

Publisher: Cornell University Press, 1991

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:

"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."

(Theological Studies)

About this edition

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0801425972
• ISBN 13: 9780801425974
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336