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THE DEONTOLOGICAL CONCEPTION OF EPISTEMIC JUSTIFICATION
- W. Alston
- Philosophy
- 1988
The terms, 'justified', 'justification', and their cognates are most naturally understood in what we may term a "deontological" way, as having to do with obligation, permission, requirement, blame,… Expand
Knowledge and the Flow of Information
- W. Alston, Fred I. Dretske
- Computer Science, Philosophy
- 1 June 1985
Acknowledgments Preface 1. Communication theory 2. Communication and information 3. A semantic theory of information 4. Knowledge 5. The communication channel 6. Sensation and perception 7. Coding… Expand
Epistemic Justification: Essays in the Theory of Knowledge
- W. Alston
- Philosophy
- 12 December 1989
Epistemic Justification collects twelve distinguished and influential essays in epistemology by William P. Alston taken from a body of work spanning almost two decades. They represent the gradual… Expand
Internalism and Externalism in Epistemology
- W. Alston
- Philosophy
- 1 April 1986
Dans quelle mesure le sujet connaissant controle-t-il, ou du moins a-t-il acces aux bases epistemiques qui justifient sa connaissance du monde? L'A. donne a cette question une reponse entre les deux… Expand
An internalist externalism
- W. Alston
- Philosophy
- Synthese
- 1 March 1988
In this paper I will explain, and at least begin to defend, the particular blend of internalism and externalism in my view of epistemic justification. So far as I know, this is my own private blend;… Expand
Traits, consistency and conceptual alternatives for personality theory.
- W. Alston
- Psychology
- 1 April 1975