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Procedures and Strategies: Context-Dependence in Creativity

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Summary, in English

Recently, it has been suggested that at least somekinds of mental representation are strongly context-dependent. Not only what is represented, but also how, depends on the context and the subject's interaction with it. Theories about situated cognition stress the importance of the subject's bodily presence and physical activity in the environment for representing and thinking. What does this mean for creativity? Context-dependence can, it seems, both impede and support creativity. Is creativity a higher-level cognitive function, or does it mainly rely on good old-fashioned know-how?

Publishing year

1999

Language

English

Pages

33-47

Publication/Series

Philosophica

Volume

64

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Philosophica, Ghent

Topic

  • Philosophy

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0379-8402