Book contents
- Constraints and Creativity
- Constraints and Creativity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Prolegomenon
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I In Search of Creativity Science
- Part II Elaborating the Theoretical Model
- Chapter 2 Dimension I: Types of Constraints
- Chapter 3 Dimension II: Levels of Creativity
- Chapter 4 Dimension III: Getting It Right
- Chapter 5 Dimension IV: Protection of Vulnerable Versions
- Chapter 6 The Structure of Creative Processes
- Part III Conclusions: First Principles of Creativity Science
- References
- Index
Chapter 5 - Dimension IV: Protection of Vulnerable Versions
from Part II - Elaborating the Theoretical Model
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 July 2021
- Constraints and Creativity
- Constraints and Creativity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Prolegomenon
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I In Search of Creativity Science
- Part II Elaborating the Theoretical Model
- Chapter 2 Dimension I: Types of Constraints
- Chapter 3 Dimension II: Levels of Creativity
- Chapter 4 Dimension III: Getting It Right
- Chapter 5 Dimension IV: Protection of Vulnerable Versions
- Chapter 6 The Structure of Creative Processes
- Part III Conclusions: First Principles of Creativity Science
- References
- Index
Summary
One of the unsolved problems of creativity science is whether Darwin can explain Darwin. This problem has usually been approached via Campbell’s theory of spontaneous generation and blind selection. But this ignores the fact that natural selection is strongly constrained by parsimony and the build-up of increasing complexity over time. Darwin’s theory of how n-creativity is possible is basically a constraint theory but a very complex (Five-factor) one according to Ernst Mayr. Among these factors is speciation processes by geographical isolation of interbreeding species. But speciation processes are merely a special case of protection. All newly born life forms are vulnerable at the start and need to be protected to survive. This chapter looks at how such vulnerable versions are protected in cultural forms of creativity. It identifies five factors: geographical and intellectual migration, organizational and collegial forms of secrecy and the critical role of support systems.
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- Constraints and CreativityIn Search of Creativity Science, pp. 165 - 206Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021