The Epistemic Justification Of Religious Belief Of William Alston

In the twentieth century, the idea of experiencing religious philosophy of religion became increasingly important in the eyes of many philosophers and religious thinkers. The formulation and presentation of religious experience as a source of justification and religious concepts were introduced, and the argument for the existence of God and His attributes were derived. Explaining the second half of this century, the epistemological argument with versions came along and tried some philosophers of religion rationality of religious belief based on experience to defend. One of these philosophers is William Alston. He has attempted to articulate a theory of religious experience through accreditation of experiential knowledge of God, which he calls the mystical experience, knowledge base to justify and reasoning faith in God to provide. He explained his theory, first proposed the theory of appearance. Through perceptual experience and understanding of religious and spiritual perceptions, and then by relegating religion to justify the means "doxastic practice" and the epistemic justification of religious belief based on mystical perceptual practice, he tries to show that religious experience religious faith is a source of justification.