The Creative Mind: Myths and MechanismsHow 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. 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. |
Contents
The Mystery of Creativity | 11 |
The Story so Far | 25 |
Thinking the Impossible | 40 |
Maps of the Mind | 54 |
Concepts of Computation | 88 |
Creative Connnections | 125 |
Unromantic Artists | 147 |
Computerscientists | 199 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
AARON able aesthetic analogy Artificial Intelligence artists ation atoms benzene bisociation brain chaos theory Chapter Coleridge Coleridge's combination complex computer models computer program concepts conceptual space concerned connectionist conscious constraints creative ideas defined DENDRAL described discussed draw EURISKO example explain explore Figure frog eye fundamental given grammar H-creative happen harmony Harold Cohen heuristics hoverfly human creativity human mind ID3 algorithm identify insight instance interesting interpret intuition involved Kekulé's Koestler less literary Longuet-Higgins Lovelace-question mathematical melodies memory mental molecules Moreover Mozart necklace necklace-game novel pattern perhaps possible Prairie Houses predict principle problem processes produce psychological question R-random R-unpredictability random recognize relevant representation rules scientific scientists search-space semantic semantic net serendipity snakes someone sometimes sort specific STAHL story string structure style suggested surprising TALE-SPIN theoretical theory things thinking thought tion tonal transform unconscious understand visual water-snakes words