The Complexity of Creativity

This is a volume on the concepts, theories, models and social consequences of creativity. It contains articles by well-known cognitive scientists, economists, mathematicians, philosophers and psychologists.

List of contents

Editors' Preamble. The Constraints of Knowledge; M.A. Boden. The Gist of Creativity; I. Brinck. Creativity and the Evolutionary Viewpoint; S. Halldén. The Internal Breeding-Ground of Creativity; G. Smith. Process and Creation; J.W. Brown. A Fourth Grade Experience; D.G. Sarri. Value-Change and Creativity; N.-E. Sahlin. On Creativity in Reasoning; J. Hintikka. Toward a Mathematical Modeling of Creativity; D.G. Saari, A.L. Saari. Creativity - Some Historical Footnotes from Science and Art; A. Karlqvist. The World, the Mind and Mathematics; J.L. Casti. Creativity, Complexity and Qualitative Economic Development; Å.E. Andersson.

Summary

This is a volume on the concepts, theories, models and social consequences of creativity. It contains articles by well-known cognitive scientists, economists, mathematicians, philosophers and psychologists.

Product details

• Authors: Nils-Eric Sahlin
• Assisted by: A. E. Andersson (Editor), A.E. Andersson (Editor), Ake E Andersson (Editor), Ake E. Andersson (Editor), Ake E Andersson (Editor), E Sahlin (Editor), N E Sahlin (Editor), N. E. Sahlin (Editor), N.E. Sahlin (Editor), Nils-Eric Sahlin (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2009
• EAN: 9780792343462
• ISBN: 978-0-7923-4346-2
• No. of pages: 152
• Weight: 413 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 152 p.
• Series: Synthese Library; Fundamental Theories of Physic; Synthese Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries