The idea of creativity / / edited by Michael Krausz, Denis Dutton and Karen Bardsley.

• Superior document: Philosophy of history and culture ; v. 28
• TeilnehmendeR: Krausz, Michael.; Dutton, Denis.; Bardsley, Karen.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Philosophy of history and culture ; v. 28.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (370 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Seventeen philosophers, scientists and artists consider questions about the intriguing idea of creativity: Is creativity essentially mysterious? Is creativity essentially inspirational or rationalistic? What role does skill play in creativity? What are the criteria of creativity? Should we assign logical priority to creative persons, creative processes, or creative products? How do forms of creativity relate to different domains of human activity? How does creativity relate to self-transformation? How does our knowledge of the circumstances of creativity effect our appreciation of its products? Can a recipient of a creative work also be a creator of it? Contributors include: Margaret Boden, Larry Briskman, John M. Carvalho, David Davies, Berys Gaut,Rom Harré, Carl R. Hausman, Albert Hofstadter, Arthur Koestler, Michael Krausz, Peter Lamarque, Thomas Leddy, Paisley Livingston, Michael Polany, Dean Keith Simonton, and Francis Sparshott. This book is also available in paperback.

Table of Contents

Introduction / Michael Krausz -- Explaining creativity : persons, processes, and products -- Criteria of creativity / Carl R. Hausman -- Creative product and creative process in science and art / Larry Briskman -- The rationality of creativity / I.C. Jarvie -- Creativity as a Darwinian phenomenon : the blind-variation and selective-retention model / Dean Keith Simonton -- Creativity and skill / Berys Gaut -- On bringing a work into existence / Peter Lamarque -- Creativity, imagination, and self -- Poincare's 'delicate sieve' : on creativity and constraints in the arts / Paisley Livingston -- The creative imagination / Michael Polanyi -- Every horse has a mouth : a personal poetics / F.E. Sparshott -- Creativity and self-transformation / Michael Krausz -- On the dialectical phenomenology of creativity / Albert Hofstadter -- The artistic relevance of creativity / David Davies -- Forms and domains of creativity -- Creativity : how does it work? / Margaret Boden -- The three domains of creativity / Arthur Koestler -- Creativity in science / Rom Harre -- Creative interpretation of literary texts / Thomas Leddy -- Creativity in philosophy and the arts / John M. Carvalho.