Alston on Religious Experience
Religious Ambiguity and Religious Diversity April 5, 2001 DOI: 10.1093/0195128354.003.0011 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that religious diversity undermines Alston's doxastic practice epistemology more seriously than he recognizes, and that outputs of doxastic practices in ambiguous or disagreeing conditions warrant suspicion. |
Abstract
Abstract The analysis of perceptual religious experience proposed by William Alston does not undermine the case for the Critical Stance. On the contrary, religious diversity is a more serious problem for his doxastic practice epistemology than he recognizes. In general, the outputs of doxastic practices that are functioning in conditions of ambiguity, and in conditions in which there is disagreement, ought to be viewed with some suspicion, even by those who engage in the practices in question.