Creative Thought as a nonDarwinian Evolutionary Process

Autor/in	Gabora, Liane
Titel	Creative Thought as a nonDarwinian Evolutionary Process
Quelle	In: Journal of Creative Behavior, 39 (2005) 4, S.262-283 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0175
Schlagwörter	Evolution; Probability; Creativity; Creative Thinking; Theories; Cognitive Processes; Context Effect + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Kreativität; Kreatives Denken; Theory; Theorie; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess
Abstract	Selection theory requires multiple, distinct, simultaneously-actualized states. In cognition, each thought or cognitive state changes the "selection pressure" against which the next is evaluated; they are not simultaneously selected amongst. Creative thought is more a matter of honing in on a vague idea through redescribing successive iterations of it from different real or imagined perspectives; in other words, actualizing potential through exposure to different contexts. It has been proven that the mathematical description of contextual change of state introduces a non-Kolmogorovian probability distribution, and a classical formalism such as selection theory cannot be used. This paper argues that creative thought evolves not through a Darwinian process, but a process of context-driven actualization of potential. (Contains 4 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10