The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms
by Margaret Boden
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How is it possible to think new thoughts? What is creativity and can science explain it? And just how did Coleridge dream up the creatures of The Ancient Mariner? When The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms was first published, Margaret A. Boden's bold and provocative exploration of creativity broke new ground. Boden uses examples such as jazz improvisation, chess, story writing, physics, and the music of Mozart, together with computing models from the field of artificial intelligence to show more uncover the nature of human creativity in the arts. The second edition of The Creative Mind has been updated to include recent developments in artificial intelligence, with a new preface, introduction and conclusion by the author. It is an essential work for anyone interested in the creativity of the human mind. show lessTags
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How is it possible to think new thoughts? What is creativity and can science explain it? And just how did Coleridge dream up the creatures of The Ancient Mariner?
When The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms was first published, Margaret A Boden's bold and provocative exploration of creativity broke new ground. Boden uses examples such as jazz improvisation, chess, story writing, physics and the music of Mozart, together with computing models from the field of artificial intelligence to uncover the nature of human creativity in the arts, science and everyday life.
The second edition of The Creative Mind has been updated to include recent developments in artificial intelligence, with a new preface, introduction and conclusion by the show more author. It is an essential work for anyone interested in the creativity of the human mind. show less
When The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms was first published, Margaret A Boden's bold and provocative exploration of creativity broke new ground. Boden uses examples such as jazz improvisation, chess, story writing, physics and the music of Mozart, together with computing models from the field of artificial intelligence to uncover the nature of human creativity in the arts, science and everyday life.
The second edition of The Creative Mind has been updated to include recent developments in artificial intelligence, with a new preface, introduction and conclusion by the show more author. It is an essential work for anyone interested in the creativity of the human mind. show less
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- Original title
- The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms
- Original publication date
- 1990
- Epigraph
- I am not forgetting beauty. It is because the
worth of beauty is transcendent that the subtle
ways of the power that achieves it are
transcendently worth searching out.
John Livingston Lowes - Dedication
- FOR JOHN TROUNCE
AND IN MEMORY OF TONY TRAFFORD - First words
- Creativity and computers: what could these possibly have to do with one another? ‘Nothing!’ many people would say. Creativity is a marvel of the human mind. But computers, with all due apologies to Mario, Sonic and frie... (show all)nds, are basically just tin cans. It follows – doesn’t it? – that the two are related only by their utter incompatibility.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Human minds are far too complex: too rich, too subtle, and above all too idiosyncratic. In a word, too marvellous.
But not, au fond, too mysterious. - Original language
- English
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- Nonfiction, Science & Nature, General Nonfiction, Technology, Philosophy
- DDC/MDS
- 153.35 — Philosophy and Psychology Psychology Conscious mental processes and intelligence Creativity And Visualization Creativity
- LCC
- BF408 .B55 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Psychology Psychology Consciousness. Cognition
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- Languages
- Dutch, English, German, Spanish
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