Dimensions of creativity

Responsibility: edited by Margaret A. Boden.
Edition: First MIT Press papterback edition.
Publication: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 1996.
Copyright notice: ©1994
Physical description: 1 online resource : illustrations

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Creators/Contributors

Contributor: Boden, Margaret A., editor.

Contents/Summary

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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Publisher's summary

Dimensions of Creativity brings together original articles that draw on a range of discipline-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. Dimensions of Creativity brings together original articles that 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 very 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. A Bradford Book.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

Publisher's summary

Dimensions of Creativity brings together original articles that 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 very 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. Contents: Introduction, Margaret A. BodenMaking Up Discovery, Simon SchafferWhere Do New Ideas Come From? Or, How Psychological Measurement Creates Psychological Theory, Gerd GigerenzerWhat Is Creativity? Margaret A. BodenCreativity: Beyond the Darwinian Paradigm, David N. PerkinsThe Creators' Patterns, Howard GardnerHow Can We Measure a Society's Creativity? Colin MartindaleThe Measurement of Creativity, Hans J. Eysenck "A Bradford Book".
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

Subjects

Subjects: Creative ability.; Creative thinking.; Créativité.; creativity.; SELF-HELP > Creativity.; PSYCHOLOGY > Creative Ability.

Bibliographic information

Reprint/reissue date: 1996
Original date: 1994
Note: "A Bradford book."
ISBN: 9780262268868 (electronic book); 0262268868 (electronic book); 0585003467 (electronic bk.); 9780585003467 (electronic bk.); 9780262023689; 0262023687; 0262522195 (paper); 0262023687 (cloth)

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