Metapsychology of the creative process : continuous novelty as the ground of creative advance / Jason W. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Jason W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability.

Motivation (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Exeter, England : Imprint Academic, 2017.

Summary:

Many are fascinated by the phenomenon of genius and search for an understanding of its nature. Modern research is not especially helpful in elucidating the inner process or its relation to ordinary thought. The present work comes from clinical studies of focal brain injuries that dissect unconscious cognition to reveal sub-surface lines of processing. The outcome is a process (microgenetic) theory of the mental state that differs markedly from mainstream (cognitive) psychology, but with the potential to clarify many features of thought and imagery, normal and exceptional. Creativity is not an isolated problem but touches many central issues in philosophical psychology.

Contents:

Cover

Front matter

Title page

Publisher information

Epigraph

Preface

Body matter

1. Introduction

2. Preliminaries to a Theory of the Creative Process

3. Causation: A Problematic Theory

4. Process Theory

5. Microgenesis and Process Philosophy

6. Novelty

7. Creativity

8. Introspection and Imagery

9. Time, Dream and Creativity

10. Self and Creativity

11. Feeling

References

Addendum

Glossary

Back matter

Also available.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 13, 2017).

ISBN:

1-84540-938-8

OCLC:

990572294