Origins of Genius Darwinian Perspectives on Creativity

Name: Origins of Genius Darwinian Perspectives on Creativity
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ISBN: 9780195128796

ISBN-10: 0195128796

ISBN-13: 9780195128796

Edition: 1999

Authors: Dean Keith Simonton

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How can we account for the sudden appearance of such dazzling artists and scientists as Mozart, Shakespeare, Darwin, or Einstein? How can we define such genius? What conditions or personality traits seem to produce exceptionally creative people? Is the association between genius and madness really just a myth? These and many other questions are brilliantly illuminated in The Origins of Genius. Dean Simonton convincingly argues that creativity can best be understood as a Darwinian process of variation and selection. The artist or scientist generates a wealth of ideas, and then subjects these ideas to aesthetic or scientific judgment, selecting only those that have the best chance to survive…

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List price: $98.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/8/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 9.49" wide x 6.42" long x 1.12" tall
Weight: 1.606

Dean Keith Simonton, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at the University of California at Davis, has published more than 100 articles and five books on various aspects of history-making personalities and events.



Preface



Genius and Darwin: The Surprising Connections



Cognition: How Does the Brain Create?



Variation: Is Genius Brilliant--or Mad?



Development: Are Geniuses Born--or Made?



Products: By What Works Shall We Know Them?



Groups: The Right Place and the Right Time?



Darwinian Genius: The Future of an Idea


Notes


References


Index