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The Complexity of Creativity

Editors:

  1. Åke E. Andersson

    1. Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden

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  2. Nils-Eric Sahlin

    1. Department of Philosophy, Gothenburg University, Sweden
      Lund University, Sweden

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 258)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. The Constraints of Knowledge

    • Margaret A. Boden
    Pages 1-4

  3. The Gist of Creativity

    • Ingar Brinck
    Pages 5-16

  4. Creativity and the Evolutionary Viewpoint

    • Sören Halldén
    Pages 17-22

  5. The Internal Breeding-Ground of Creativity

    • Gudmund Smith
    Pages 23-33

  6. Process and Creation

    • Jason W. Brown
    Pages 35-50

  7. A Fourth Grade Experience

    • Donald G. Saari
    Pages 51-58

  8. Value-Change and Creativity

    • N.-E. Sahlin
    Pages 59-66

  9. On Creativity in Reasoning

    • Jaakko Hintikka
    Pages 67-78

  10. Toward a Mathematical Modeling of Creativity

    • Donald G. Saari, Anneli L. Saari
    Pages 79-103

  12. The World, The Mind and Mathematics

    • John L. Casti
    Pages 115-138
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About this book

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.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden

    Åke E. Andersson

  • Department of Philosophy, Gothenburg University, Sweden

    Nils-Eric Sahlin

  • Lund University, Sweden

    Nils-Eric Sahlin

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Complexity of Creativity

  • Editors: Åke E. Andersson, Nils-Eric Sahlin

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8788-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4346-2Published: 30 November 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4778-6Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8788-4Published: 14 December 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 152

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Philosophy of Education

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