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SERIES 2 VOLUME 1, NUMBER 2 1999 PHILOSOPHIA CHRISTI EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION CRAIG J. HAZEN 3 ARTICLES How Concepts Relate the Mind to Its Objects: The “God's Eye View” Vindicated? DALLAS WILLARD 5 Mysterious Flames in Philosophy of Mind CHARLES TALIAFERRO 21 On Divine Foreknowledge and Newcomb’s Paradox THOMAS M. CRISP 33 Can Michael Martin Be a Moral Realist? Sic et Non PAUL COPAN 45 Theodore Drange on the Fine-Tuning Argument: A Critique STEPHEN E. PARRISH 73 P HILOSOPHICAL N OTES Perfection at Risk? DAVID P. H UNT 91 Postmodernism and the Intelligent Design Movement J. P. MORELAND 97 A Somewhat Playful Proof of the Social Trinity in Five Easy Steps STEPHEN T. DAVIS 103 Was I Ever a Brain Stem? Eric T. Olson on Human Identity J OSHUA DAVID BLANDER 107 The Historical Paul: A Review Essay GARY R. HABERMAS 115 B OOK R EVIEWS Michael Paul Gallager, S.J., What Are They Saying about Unbelief? PAUL K. MOSER 123 Warren S. Brown, Nancey Murphy, and H. Newton Maloney, eds., Whatever Happened to the Soul? STEWART GOETZ 126 Michael J. Murray, ed., Reason for the Hope Within WILLIAM LANE CRAIG 129 Robert Kane, The Significance of Free Will DAVID M. CIOCCHI 134 Eleonore Stump and Michael J. Murray, eds., Philosophy of Religion:The Big Questions CHARLES TALIAFERRO 137 John Perry, Dialogue on Good, Evil and the Existence of God MICHAEL BERGMANN 140 Scott B. Rae and Paul M. Cox, Bioethics: A Christian Approach in a Pluralistic Age BRAD STETSON 142 Ronald H. Nash, Life’s Ultimate Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy DAVID M. CIOCCHI 144 Christopher Wolfe, ed., Homosexuality and American Public Life FRANCIS J. BECKWITH 146 Robert T. Pennock, Tower of Babel: The Evidence against the New Creationism JOSEPH POULSHOCK 149 Jon Tal Murphree, Divine Paradoxes: A Finite View of an Infinite God DONALD T. WILLIAMS 152 Dean L. Overman, A Case against Accident and Self-Organization TIM MCGREW 154 Nancy McCagney, Nagarjuna and the Philosophy of Openness MICHAEL COLLENDER 157 William A. Dembski, ed., Mere Creation: Science, Faith, and Intelligent Design LYDIA MCGREW 160 Graham Ward, ed., The Postmodern God: A Theological Reader MEROLD WESTPHAL 163 N EWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 167 EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION 3 An Introduction From the Editor In June 1999, the leadership of the Evangelical Philosophical Society had the pleasure of presenting the first issue of Philosophia Christi, Series 2. Given that many new journals do not make it past the very first issue, it is perhaps with even greater pleasure that we present our second! As was recently highlighted in a newsletter to the EPS membership, our subscription rolls have more than doubled since June 1999 and will likely double again in 2000. Based on circulation, quality, and relevance, Philosophia Christi is quickly becoming one of the primary vehicles for scholarly discourse at the interface of philosophy, religion and related disciplines. One obvious and significant advance since our first issue has been the exquisite work of our new book review editor J. P. Moreland from the Talbot School of Theology. He has put together a network of reviewers in all of the key fields of philosophy. As you will see from this issue his work has already paid off with a set of reviews by top scholars that are timely and on the cutting-edge of the discipline. It is our goal to continue to expand our book review section. Hence, if you would like to participate and have a book in mind for review, please contact Prof. Moreland with your idea (see inside back cover). Along with the increase in attention that the journal has been receiving, has come an increase in first-rank submissions of articles and philosophical notes. Not surprisingly, we therefore have a pressing need for knowledge- able referees for these submissions. If you are a professional scholar and a member of the EPS, I invite you to join us in this important work by con- tacting me in the very near future to join our editorial review board. One last thing, if you have not already done so, please contact your local college or university library and encourage them to subscribe to Philosophia Christi. EPS president, William Lane Craig, has made an increase in the number of library subscriptions a top priority for the coming year and we all see it as a pivotal way to continue the momentum that has been gained in recent months. Wishing you all a blessed New Year. Craig J. Hazen Biola University.