Book contents
- The Meaning of Paradoxes and Paradoxical Thinking
- Cambridge series on possibility studies
- The Meaning of Paradoxes and Paradoxical Thinking
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1 Paradoxes and What They Do to Us
- Part II Sudden Unexpected Changes
- Part III Challenging the Impossible
- Part IV Peace and Its Challenges
- Part V Paradoxes and Creativity
- Introduction
- Chapter 12 Generating New and Useful Ideas
- Chapter 13 Brain Plasticity
- Chapter 14 Avenues for Enhancing Neuroplasticity
- Discussion and Summary
- Part VI Paradoxes in Action
- References
- Index
Introduction
from Part V - Paradoxes and Creativity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 April 2025
Book contents
- The Meaning of Paradoxes and Paradoxical Thinking
- Cambridge series on possibility studies
- The Meaning of Paradoxes and Paradoxical Thinking
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1 Paradoxes and What They Do to Us
- Part II Sudden Unexpected Changes
- Part III Challenging the Impossible
- Part IV Peace and Its Challenges
- Part V Paradoxes and Creativity
- Introduction
- Chapter 12 Generating New and Useful Ideas
- Chapter 13 Brain Plasticity
- Chapter 14 Avenues for Enhancing Neuroplasticity
- Discussion and Summary
- Part VI Paradoxes in Action
- References
- Index
Summary
This section introduces and delves into the concept of paradoxical thinking involved in the process of generating novel ideas. First, the concept of creativity and its specific kind of thinking, divergent thinking, are analyzed through the perspective of paradoxes in Chapter 12.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025