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/>
http://www.iep.utm.edu/peircebi/
* "C.S. Peirce's Architectonic Philosophy" in the Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy <http://www.iep.utm.edu/peircear/>
http://www.iep.utm.edu/peircear/
* "C.S. Peirce's Pragmatism" in the Internet Encyclopedia of
Philosophy <http://www.iep.utm.edu/peircepr/>
http://www.iep.utm.edu/peircepr/
* "Peirce's Theory of Signs" in the Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/peirce-semiotics/>
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>
https://www.routledge.com/products/9780415488327
316 pages.
o /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.
o Faculty page
<http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_philosophy/staff/albert_atkin/>.
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#>
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780739192245/Hitler-and-Abductive-Logic-The-Strategy-of-a-Tyrant#
256 pages.
o /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.
o /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?
o Publisher's page includes favorable comments by BETH A.
GRIECH-POLELLE, Bowling Green State University, and JACKSON
SPIELVOGEL, Pennsylvania State University.
o Website <http://www.bennovak.net/> http://www.bennovak.net/
There's a new Portuguese book or two about Peirce, which I'll add later.
