Dimensions of Creativity (Bradford Books)
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ISBN: 0262023687 / Publisher: The MIT Press, June 1994
Seven essays explore the nature of creativity as it is understood in cognitive, educational and computational psychology; the history and sociology of science; artificial intelligence; philosophy; and other fields. They are the result of research by the London-based Achievement Project and were presented at meetings in December 1990 and 1991. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Dimensions of Creativity brings together original articles that draw on a range ofdisciplines -- from the history and sociology of science, psychology, philosophy, and artificialintelligence -- to ask how creative ideas arise, and whether creativity can be objectively definedand measured.Margaret Boden and her colleagues Simon Schaffer, Gerd Gigerenzer, David N. Perkins,Howard Gardner, Colin Martindale, and Hans J. Eysenck demonstrate that creativity requires not onlychallenging new ideas but their acceptance by some relevant social group. Although some new ideascan arise as novel associations, others are generated by exploiting structural features of anexisting conceptual space. Strong motivations often drive the creators and those who evaluate andperpetuate their work.The seven essays -- although very different -- are complementary. The book canserve as an up-to-date introduction to the study of creativity in various disciplines. The manyreferences provide a way into the relevant literature.A Bradford Book
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