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Informationen zum Autor Ben Novak is an independent scholar with an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in history, philosophy, and political science from Pennsylvania State University. Klappentext 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 employed is revealed so that it can be recognized and combated. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents CHAPTER I. 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 CHAPTER II. THE THIRD LOGIC: THE BACKGROUND AND FORMAL STRUCTURE OF ABDUCTION 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 Logic CHAPTER III. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ABDUCTION Comparable Characteristics Certainty and Uncertainty The Initial Immunity of Abduction to Refutation Mendaciousness Apliativity Unique Characteristics of Abduction Instinct The Divinatory Power of Abduction The Power of Abductive Logic Over the Mind Conclusion CHAPTER IV. ABDUCTIVE LOGIC IN LITERATURE The Discovery of Abduction in Literature Part I: The Private Detection Stream The Uniqueness of the Detective Story Ratiocinative 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 CHAPTER V. THE APPLICATION OF PEIRCE'S THEORY TO UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF HITLER'S YOUTH The 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 The Presentation Of Peirce's Logic Peirce's Rules For The Logical Analysis Of Historical Testimony First 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 Generating an Hypothesis Explaining 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 Fourth Clue: The Decision about Which School to Attend A First Hypothesis Second Hypothesis: The Source of the Young Hitler's Identification of His Own Fate with the German People Examining the Second Principal Testimony: Hitler's Headmaster, Dr. Eduard Huemer Summary of Hypotheses CHAPTER VI. THE GENESIS OF THE FUE...
