Ben ~ Thanks very much for posting this, particularly the links to Atkin's encyclopedia articles. I especially appreciated the second one, on Architectonic Philosophy. http://www.iep.utm.edu/peircear/
Regards, Tom Wyrick > On Aug 5, 2015, at 5:10 PM, Benjamin Udell <[email protected]> wrote: > > List, > > I've added two books to the "Books 2006-2015" page at Arisbe. > > Albert Atkin has written a book _Peirce_. He wrote a number of Peirce > articles in online philosophy encyclopedias: > ALBERT ATKIN > > "Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)" in the Internet Encyclopedia of > Philosophy > http://www.iep.utm.edu/peircebi/ > "C.S. Peirce's Architectonic Philosophy" in the Internet Encyclopedia of > Philosophy > http://www.iep.utm.edu/peircear/ > "C.S. Peirce's Pragmatism" in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy > http://www.iep.utm.edu/peircepr/ > "Peirce's Theory of Signs" in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy > http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/peirce-semiotics/ > Here's the entry on his new book _Peirce_: > Peirce. > Albert Atkin. Series: The Routledge Philosophers. Routledge, August, 2015. > Hardcover, Paperback https://www.routledge.com/products/9780415488327 > 316 pages. > Publisher's description: > Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) is generally regarded as the founder of > pragmatism, and one of the greatest ever American philosophers. Peirce is > also widely known for his work on truth, his foundational work in > mathematical logic, and an influential theory of signs, or semiotics. Albert > Atkin introduces the full spectrum of Peirce’s thought for those coming to > his work for the first time. > > The book begins with an overview of Peirce’s life and work, considering his > early and long-standing interest in logic and science, and highlighting > important views on the structure of philosophical thought. Atkin then > explains Peirce’s accounts of pragmatism and truth examining important later > developments to these theories. He then introduces Peirce’s full accounts of > semiotics, examines his foundational work on formal and graphical logic, and > introduces Peirce’s account of metaphysics, the least understood aspect of > his philosophy. The final chapter considers Peirce’s legacy and influence on > the thought of philosophers such as John Dewey and Richard Rorty, as well as > highlighting areas where Peirce’s ideas could still provide important > insights for contemporary philosophers. > > Including chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading and a glossary, > this invaluable introduction and guide to Peirce’s philosophy is essential > reading for those new to his work. > > Faculty page. > The other book that I've added is by Ben Novak, and we discussed it here at > peirce-l: > Hitler and Abductive Logic: The Strategy of a Tyrant. > Ben Novak. Lexington Books, May 2014. Hardcover, eBook > https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780739192245/Hitler-and-Abductive-Logic-The-Strategy-of-a-Tyrant# > 256 pages. > Publisher's description: > Adolf Hitler is the greatest mystery of the 20th century, and the mystery > surrounding him consists of two unanswered questions that have baffled > biographers and historians. First, how did he ever rise to power? Second, who > was he really? > > Hitler had the power to mesmerize crowds as the most dynamic orator of the > modern age. Yet, his power was not in his ideas, which he collected from the > gutter sheets of Vienna, nor was it in his personality; his biographers > describe him as an "unperson" and his character as a "void" and a "black > hole." What, then, was the source of his power? Was he a medium or a magician > with paranormal powers, as many contemporaries thought? Or did he have a > secret or method that has not yet been revealed? > > Ben Novak spent fourteen years searching for the secret of Hitler's political > success and his power as a speaker. Hitler's most astute contemporary > observer, Konrad Heiden, who wrote the first objective books on Hitler > warning that this man was "the greatest massdisturber in world history," > suggested that Hitler's secret lay in his use of "eine eigentiimliche art von > Logik,"or a "peculiar form of logic." Beginning with this clue, Novak finds > that there is a new form of logic in accordance with Heiden's description and > examples that can explain Hitler's phenomenal political success. This new > form of logic, called "abduction," was discovered by an American philosopher, > Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914), who is rapidly becoming America's most > well-known philosopher and logician. > > Abduction is a third form of logic, in addition to deduction and induction. > Unlike the other forms of logic, abduction is based on instinct and has a > power over emotions. Novak argues that Hitler was the first politician to > apply the logic of abduction to politics. This book provides the first > coherent account of Hitler's youth that ties together all the known facts, > clearly showing the genesis of the strangest and most terrible man of the > twentieth century while identifying the power he discovered that allowed him > to break out into the world in such a terrifying way. > > Ben Novak is an independent scholar with an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in > history, philosophy, and political science from Pennsylvania State University. > > Table of Contents > 1: The Historical Problem of Hitler \ 2: The Third Logic: The Background and > Formal Structure of Abduction \ 3: Characteristics of Abduction \ 4: > Abductive Logic in Literature \ 5: The Application of Peirce's Abductive > Theory to Unraveling the Mystery of Hitler's Youth \ 6: The Genesis of the > Fuehrer: The Birth of Hitler's Character \ 7: In That Hour it Began \ 8: > Closing Argument: How Did He Do It? > Publisher's page includes favorable comments by BETH A. GRIECH-POLELLE, > Bowling Green State University, and JACKSON SPIELVOGEL, Pennsylvania State > University. > Website http://www.bennovak.net/ > There's a new Portuguese book or two about Peirce, which I'll add later. > > ----------------------------- > PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to [email protected] > . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L but to [email protected] > with the line "UNSubscribe PEIRCE-L" in the BODY of the message. More at > http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce-l/peirce-l.htm . > > > >
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