Dimensions of creativity
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Dimensions of creativity
MIT Press, 1994
Available at 45 libraries
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"A Bradford book"
Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
These articles draw on a range of disciplines - from the history and sociology of science, psychology, philosophy and artificial intelligence - to ask how creative ideas arise, and whether creativity can be objectively defined and 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 only challenging new ideas but their acceptance by some relevant social group. Although some new ideas can arise as novel associations, others are generated by exploiting structural features of an existing conceptual space. Strong motivations often drive the creators and those who evaluate and perpetuate their work. The seven essays, although different, are complementary. The book can serve as an up-to-date introduction to the study of creativity in various disciplines. The many references provide a way into the relevant literature.
Table of Contents
- Introduction, Margaret A. Boden
- Making Up Discovery, Simon Schaffer
- Where Do New Ideas Come From? Or, How Psychological Measurement Creates Psychological Theory, Gerd Gigerenzer
- What Is Creativity?, Margaret A. Boden
- Creativity - Beyond the Darwinian Paradigm, David N. Perkins
- The Creators' Patterns, Howard Gardner
- How Can We Measure a Society's Creativity?, Colin Martindale
- The Measurement of Creativity, Hans J. Eysenck.
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