Hitler and abductive logic : the strategy of a tyrant / / Ben Novak

• Autore: Novak Ben <1943->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 943.086092
• Soggetto topico: Heads of state - Germany - Psychology; Heads of state - Germany; National socialism - Psychological aspects; Ideology - Germany - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Germany Politics and government 1933-1945
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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 ; THE 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 ; The 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 ; Chapter 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 ; Peirce'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 ; Third Clue: The Existence of an Antecedent Idea
• Sommario/riassunto: Was 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Hitler and abductive logic
• ISBN: 0-7391-9225-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818941703321
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