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Creativity in Science
Dean Keith Simonton
其他書名
Chance, Logic, Genius, and Zeitgeist
出版Cambridge University Press, 2004-05-03
主題Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & CognitionPsychology / Research & MethodologyPsychology / Creative AbilityScience / Research & MethodologyScience / Philosophy & Social Aspects
ISBN052154369X9780521543699
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=00KsMKjXxzYC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Psychologists, sociologists, philosophers, historians - and even scientists themselves - have often tried to decipher the basis for creativity in science. Some have attributed creativity to a special logic, the so-called scientific method, whereas others have pointed to the inspirations of genius or to the inevitable workings of the zeitgeist. Finally, some have viewed scientific breakthroughs as the product of chance, as witnessed in the numerous episodes of serendipity. Too often these four alternative interpretations are seen as mutually exclusive. Yet the central thesis of this book is that the chance, logic, genius, and zeitgeist perspectives can be integrated into a single coherent theory of creativity in science. But for this integration to succeed, change must be elevated to the status of primary cause. Logic, genius and the zeitgeist still have significant roles to play but mainly operate insofar as they enhance, or constrain the operation of a chance combinatorial process.