A Discourse on Novelty and Creation |
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| Author:
| Hausman, Carl |
| Series title: | SUNY Series in Philosophy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87395-865-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1985 |
| Publisher: | State University of New York Press
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| Imprint: | Suny Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $33.95 |
Book Description:
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Carl Hausman presents here a sustained and systematic examination of the problems of constructing a framework for understanding the concept of creativity. His discussion is unique in focusing systematically on problems of understanding creativity, examining our assumptions about what we take to be creative, and the possibility of seeing how creativity fits into a world that we expect to behave in rational patterns. In a careful examination of this complex phenomena, Hausman suggests a...
More DescriptionCarl Hausman presents here a sustained and systematic examination of the problems of constructing a framework for understanding the concept of creativity. His discussion is unique in focusing systematically on problems of understanding creativity, examining our assumptions about what we take to be creative, and the possibility of seeing how creativity fits into a world that we expect to behave in rational patterns. In a careful examination of this complex phenomena, Hausman suggests a way of approaching creativity in terms of a novel theory of metaphor.