Covering the entire breadth of the previous five installments; volume VI of Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism is an essential reference guide offering systematized insight into the terminology of this comprehensive work of scholarship.In addition; it presents a dozen articles that are missing from earlier volumes. The rich general index consists of all terms from the past volumes. Each concept term included in the general index is glossed and identified by language (Sanskrit; the Indic vernaculars; Persian; etc.). Moreover; the general index is divided into some two dozen categories; such as divinities; performance traditions; religious traditions; and poets/teachers/saints (the latter two further separated into pre-19th century and modern). With an estimated 25;000 entries; this index volume represents a valuable companion to the main-entry essays and an indispensable resource for all who study the history and structure of Hindu traditions. Please see Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism (6 vols set) ISBN 978 90 04 27128 9 (Publication December 2014) for the complete set information.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Tightly argued; mind expanding.By SacraPhilosophicaThis book takes an in depth look into the topic of divine foreknowledge and human freedom. It can be very technical in certain places; but to those who have a mind for deep inquiry it is great. He first discusses certain approaches to handling the problem of fatalism; as well as the problems that they contain. Later on; Craig tightly argues a case for molinism; in which he takes a step by step approach to spelling out not only the philosophical benefits for adopting such a view; but also reveals the theological benefits as well. He also methodically shows how to dismantle specific objections to Molina's view; which is a useful reference for research. To be honest; the bibliography alone is worth the buy.Specific contents are:PrefaceIntroduction Coherence and Rationality Problems of OmniscienceI. Theological Fatalism A.N. Prior Nelson PikeII. Reduction of Theological to Logical FatalismIII. Logical Fatalism Richard Taylor Taylor's Response to his CriticsIV. Suggested Escapes From Fatalism Denial of the Principle of bivalence or the Law of Excluded Middle Status of the Principle of Bivalence Grounds for Denying Bivalence of Future Contingent Propositions Bivalence of All Propositions Falsity of All Future Contingent Propositions Logical Form of Future Contingent Propositions Unidentifiability of Future Individuals Timelessness of Truth Tensed vs. Tenseless Truth-Bearers Omnitemporal vs. Atemporal Truth ConclusionV. "Within One's Power" Taylor on "Within One's Power" Necessitas consequentiae and Personal Power Conditions and Consequences Fatalism about the Past vs. Fatalism about the Future Changing the Past vs. Changing the Future Causing the Future vs. Causing the PastVI. Backward Causation Part I: The Alleged Logical Impossibility of Retro-Causation Dummett's Defense of Backward Causation The Logical Objection to Backward Causation Antony Flew Michael Scriven Richard Gale Richard Swinburne Assessment of the Logical Objection Two Words of Caution Assessment Logical and Metaphysical Modality Part II: Purported Instances of Retro-Causation Nueral Physiology Particle Pair Creation/Annihilation Classical Electrodynamics Tachyons Superluminal Particles and Backward Causation The Reinterpretation Principle The Logically Pernicious Self-Inhibitor A Perspectival Special Theory of Relativity Precognition Experimental Evidence Retro-Causal Explanation Time Travel A Word of Caution The Possibility of Time Travel Stock Objections to Time Travel The Logically Pernicious Self-Inhibitor Circular CausationPart III: The Metaphysical Impossibility of Retro-Causation The A-Theory and Backward Causation Superiority of the A-Theory Application to Purported Instances of Backward Causation ConclusionVII. "Within One's Power" Once More Power and Counterfactual Openness Failure of Fatalism ConclusionVIII. Transition to Theological Fatalism Prior Pike ConclusionIX. Temporal Necessity Contemporary Debate from Pike to Plantinga John Turk Saunders vs. Nelson Pike Marilyn Adams John Fischer Alfred J. Freddoso Alvin Plantinga Assessment of the Debate Toward Understanding Temporal Necessity Backward Causation and Intuitions of the Past's Necessity Fatalism and Ability ConclusionX. Newcomb's Paradox The Puzzle Conditions Theological Implications Nozick's Dilemma Divine Foreknowledge and the One-Box Strategy Objections to the One-Box Strategy Backward Causation Backtracking Counterfactuals Newcomb's Paradox and Freedom ConclusionXI. Foreknowledge and Freedom of God Foreknowledge and Human Deliberation Foreknowledge and Divine Deliberation ConclusionXII. The Basis of Divine Foreknowledge God's Ability to Know Future Contingents Knowledge vs. True Belief ConclusionXIII. Middle Knowledge The Doctrine of Middle Knowledge Natural; Middle; and Free Knowledge Theological Ramifications Grounds for Affirming Middle Knowledge Objections to Middle Knowledge The Object of Middle Knowledge Middle Knowledge and Passivity in God Middle Knowledge and Divine Freedom ConclusionAppendix I: Is The Special Theory of Relativity Fatalistic?NotesBibliographyIndex------------------------------As you can see by the table of contents alone; Craig is very thorough.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Extremely thorough and rigorous studyBy Andrew T. E. LokeThis work has not received as much attention as it is due. It is very thorough and tightly argued. and has proven to be very helpful for my PhD research. The chapter on 'The Basis of Divine Foreknowledge' contains an excellent rebuttal of John Feinberg's criticism of Molinism in his book 'No one Like Him'.
