LEADER 05367nam 2200685 450 001 9910818941703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7391-9225-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000108703 035 $a(EBL)1686843 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001194103 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12448029 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001194103 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11147624 035 $a(PQKB)10295644 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1686843 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1686843 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10869657 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL605214 035 $a(OCoLC)879551424 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000108703 100 $a20140521h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHitler and abductive logic $ethe strategy of a tyrant /$fBen Novak 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cLexington Books,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-9461-5 311 $a0-7391-9224-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Chapter One: The Historical Problem of Hitler; EXAMINING THE QUESTION; Insufficient Facts; The Questions Asked of the Facts; Opportunist; Demagogue; Pawn; Intellectual Currents; Economic, Political, and Social Conditions; Mediumistic Powers; Psychological Interpretations; Other Interpretations; The Historical Problem; Conclusions Drawn from Review of the Literature; The Question So Far Not Investigated; METHOD; Notes; Chapter Two: The Third Logic; THE WORM IN THE APPLE OF SCIENCE; THE DISCOVERY OF A THIRD FORM OF LOGIC; THE NATURE OF ABDUCTION; THE FORMAL STRUCTURE OF ABDUCTION 327 $aTHE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FORMAL STRUCTURE OF ABDUCTION TO THE RISE OF ADOLF HITLER: HOW HE EMPLOYED ABDUCTIVE LOGICNotes; Chapter Three: Characteristics of Abduction; COMPARABLE CHARACTERISTICS; Certainty and Uncertainty; The Initial Immunity of Abduction to Refutation; Mendaciousness; Ampliativity; UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF ABDUCTION; Instinct; The Divinatory Power of Abduction; The Power of Abductive Logic over the Mind; CONCLUSION; Notes; Chapter Four: Abductive Logic in Literature; THE DISCOVERY OF ABDUCTION IN LITERATURE; PART I: THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE STREAM 327 $aThe Uniqueness of the Detective StoryRatiocinative Man; The Character of the First Detective Hero: C. Auguste Dupin; The Character of the Most Popular Hero: Sherlock Holmes; THE POWER OF ABDUCTIVE LOGIC IN DETECTIVE STORIES; THE BACKWARD FORM OF THE STORY; Summary; PART II: THE TRACKER STREAM: FROM VOLTAIRE TO KARL MAY; Voltaire's "The Tale of Zadig"; Thomas Henry Huxley on "The Method of Zadig"; Karl May; Winnetou: A Textbook on Abductive Logic; The Plot of Winnetou; The Logic of the Novel; SUMMARY; Notes 327 $aChapter Five: The Application of Peirce's Abductive Theory to Unraveling the Mystery of Hitler's YouthTHE UNDISPUTED FACTS OF HITLER'S TRANSFORMATION IN 1900, AT AGE ELEVEN; THE BAFFLEMENT OF SCHOLARS AT THE TWO MYSTERIES ARISING FROM HITLER'S TRANSFORMATION; THE NEED FOR A NEW APPROACH AND A NEW LOGIC TO UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY OF HITLER'S YOUTH; CRITIQUE OF THE ESTABLISHED METHOD OF HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION; PART I: PEIRCE'S NEW METHOD; Peirce's Conditions For The Application Of The New Logical Method; Presentation Of Peirce's Logic 327 $aPeirce's Rules For The Logical Analysis Of Historical TestimonyFirst Rule: Explain All the Facts; Second Rule: Assume the Principal Testimonies Are True; Third Rule: Be Careful of Probabilities; Fourth Rule: Trace Out the Logical Consequences of the Hypothesis; Fifth Rule: Enlarging the Field; Sixth Rule: Economy; Testing the Hypothesis Selected; Part II: GENERATING A HYPOTHESIS; Examining the First Principal Testimony: Adolf Hitler's Account in "Mein Kampf"; First Clue: The Unusual Nature of Hitler's Dispute with His Father at That Age; Second Clue: An Already Formed Attitude toward Work 327 $aThird Clue: The Existence of an Antecedent Idea 330 $aWas Hitler rational? This question has spawned vociferous debates among historians, and has fascinated every layman who has ever dipped into a biography of Hitler. In Hitler and Abductive Logic, Ben Novak argues that Hitler was rational-one of the most logical political leaders of modern times-but not according to ordinary inductive or deductive logic. Instead, Hitler used a new form of logic called abductive logic, which he used as a ""trick"" to seduce crowds and rise to power. Now, for the first time, the method that Hitler 606 $aHeads of state$zGermany$xPsychology 606 $aHeads of state$zGermany$vBiography 606 $aNational socialism$xPsychological aspects 606 $aIdeology$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aGermany$xPolitics and government$y1933-1945 615 0$aHeads of state$xPsychology. 615 0$aHeads of state 615 0$aNational socialism$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aIdeology$xHistory 676 $a943.086092 700 $aNovak$b Ben$f1943-$01690814 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818941703321 996 $aHitler and abductive logic$94066775 997 $aUNINA