William Alston (1921–2009) was an influential American philosopher known primarily for his work in epistemology, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of language. He is best known for his defense of a form of epistemological relativism called "relational epistemology" and for his contributions to the understanding of religious experience and justification. Alston argued for the validity of religious experiences as sources of knowledge and was critical of naturalism's dismissive stance toward non-empirical forms of knowledge.
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