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Creativity: Method or Magic?. Harnad, Stevan (2007) Creativity: Method or Magic? In: H. Cohen and B. Stemmer (eds.) Consciousness and Cognition: Fragments of Mind and Brain Amsterdam: Elsevier http://cogprints.org/1627/. What is creativity?. A trait? A state? An outcome?
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Creativity:Method or Magic? Harnad, Stevan (2007) Creativity: Method or Magic? In: H. Cohen and B. Stemmer (eds.) Consciousness and Cognition: Fragments of Mind and Brain Amsterdam: Elsevier http://cogprints.org/1627/
What is creativity? A trait? A state? An outcome? How? rules? training?
What’s new? Originality Novelty Innovation Chimera
Artistic creativity vs. Intellectual creativity Practical criteria Aesthetic criteria
Serendipity and Pasteurization Dans les champs de l'observation le hasard ne favorise que les esprits préparés(Chance favors the prepared mind)
Training? Pòlya
Uncreative? Problem solving Deduction Induction Learning Imitation Trial-and-error Heuristics Abduction
13 “Theories” of creativitymethod, memory, magic, mutation Polànyi Koestler The Unconscious mind Innate structure (abduction) Analogy (imitation) Preparation (learning) Imitation Intuition, aesthetic factors Anomalies Constraints (Stravinsky) Serendipity (game of chance) Mental analogs Heuristic stratgeies Improvisation (performance, interpretation) Complementarity (collaboration, cumulativity Lakatos Stravinsky Csikszentmihalyi
Combinatory game of chance? J. Hadamard
Serendipity and Pasteurization Dans les champs de l'observation le hasard ne favorise que les esprits préparés(Chance favors the prepared mind)