Creative confluence / Johan F. Hoorn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoorn, Johan, author.

Series:

Linguistic approaches to literature ; Volume 16.

Linguistic Approaches to Literature ; Volume 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creativity (Linguistics).

Problem solving.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The ACASIA process accounted for the way combinatory creativity unfolds and the ensuing Creative Sigmoid explained the accumulation of creations, both being nourished or impeded by a host of factors, most importantly, having access to the largest possible diversity in the information universe. How much of that information universe is available to the creator or audience is a matter of openness of perception and the level of tolerance to deviation. The current chapter discusses the relation between perception and creation: After all, all creators start out as creators of fiction because, previo

Contents:

Creative Confluence; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Make - Take; Table of contents; Introduction; 1.Puzzled; 2.Urgency of creativity; 3.Creativity in theory; 3.1Creativity in the humanities; 4.Creativity in application; 5.Heading for common ground; 6.The Confluence Theory of Creativity; 7.About this book; Acknowledgements; chapter 1; Confluence; 1.Cooling down; 2.Thermodynamics; 3.Assembling; 4.Blind variation, selective retention; 5.Brain architecture; 6.Selective attention: Survival or opportunities; 7.Two types of problem solving; 8.Cultural history

9.Epistemics and perceptual flaws10.The need for transformation; 11.The creative process; 12.Conditions of creativity; 13.Probabilism, determinism, and the rule of rules; 14.Creative output: Sigmoid accumulation of innovations; 15.Creative Sigmoid at three scales; 16.Fractal recursion of the sigmoid; Acknowledgement; chapter 2; Two world views; 1.A world view follows from what we believe; 2.Survival versus opportunity thinking; 2.1Old brain, young brain; 3.Ontological classification, epistemic appraisal; 4.Determinism, probabilism; 5.Two world views leading to three theories

5.1The ordered universe: A vision of continuity and determinism5.1.1Analytic decomposition; 5.1.2Hierarchical; 5.1.3No free will, no heroes, no revolutions; 5.1.4Creative drivers; 5.1.5Slow evolution; 5.1.6Invention is social; 5.1.7Copying from others; 5.1.8Harmony and perfection; 5.2A subversive universe: Discontinuity and the outlier; 5.2.1Against dehumanization; 5.2.2Deviation and disharmony; 5.2.3Genius: the freedom of formidable spirits; 5.2.4Iconic heroes; 5.2.5Hop, step, jump; 5.3Chaos: Coincidence and non-random variance; 5.3.1Pure coincidence; 5.3.2Mechanized coincidence

5.3.3Serendipity: The human hunch5.3.4Mean and variance: Playing with partial determinism; 5.3.5Fractal recursion; 6.Classic, Romantic, Chaotic; 7.Reconciliation: Serendipity in a partly deterministic system; 8.Creativity on three scales; 8.1The breakdown of determinism or why Rutherford was wrong; 8.2The law of 'anything can happen' or why Rutherford is sometimes right; chapter 3; Problem solving; 1.The two ways; 2.Problems are not problematic; 3.Commonalities; 4.Convergent and divergent thinking; 4.1Conventional computing systems are "convergent"; 4.2Humans can do both

5.Rational problem solving5.1Breaking down the problem; 5.2Forward and backward reasoning; 5.3Difference reduction; 5.4Means-end analysis; 5.5Problem complexity; 6.Intelligence and creativity; 7.Switching perspectives: narrow vs. wide; 8.The balance between convergence and divergence; 8.1Intelligence: first convergence, then divergence; 8.2Creativity: first divergence, then convergence; 9.Analogy: An associative reasoning strategy; 9.1Solving an analogy; 9.2Limitations of analogy use; 10.Experts and novices; 10.1Experts converge; 10.2Novices diverge; 10.2.1Alternate uses

10.3Being knowledgeable

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789027270573

9027270570

OCLC:

879424066